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| 16 | ![[center: [- ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' [[Characters/DragaliaLost Top Character Index]]\ |
| 17 | [[AC:[[Characters/DragaliaLostMainCharacters Main Characters]]]] |
| 18 | ([[Characters/DragaliaLostAlberianRoyalFamily Alberian Royal Family]] ([[Characters/DragaliaLostThePrinceEuden The Prince/Euden]]) | [[Characters/DragaliaLostTheApostles The Apostles]]) |
| 19 | [[AC:[[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableAdventurers Recruitable Adventurers]]]] ([[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableAdventurersFlame Flame]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableAdventurersWater Water]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableAdventurersWind Wind]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableAdventurersLight Light]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableAdventurersShadow Shadow]])\ |
| 20 | [[AC:[[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableDragons Recruitable Dragons]]]]([[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableDragonsFlame Flame]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableDragonsWater Water]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableDragonsWind Wind]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableDragonsLight Light]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostRecruitableDragonsShadow Shadow]])\ |
| 21 | [[AC:[[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonists Antagonists]]]] ('''Campaign''' | [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsEvents Events]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsVoidBattles Void Battles]] | [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsRecruitable Recruitable]])\ |
| 22 | [[AC:[[Characters/DragaliaLostNpcs NPCs]]]] -] ]] |
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| 26 | !Primary Antagonists |
| 27 | '''WARNING: Antagonists in later arcs will have unmarked spoilers for details prior to the arcs where they become prominent''' |
| 28 | !! Empire Arc |
| 29 | [[folder:The Other ''(early spoilers!)'']] |
| 30 | !! Morsayati / The Other / "Emperor Aurelius" / "Empress Zethia, Auspex of the Nether" |
| 31 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/morsayati_seeker_of_flow_eternal_render.png]] |
| 32 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Demon]] |
| 33 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/morsayati_render.png]] |
| 34 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 35 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/king_aurelius_possessed.png]] |
| 36 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/100009_06_r05_portrait.png]] |
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| 38 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:ClickHereForSpoilers (Zenaās adventurer story only)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fcecb31e_e45d_4672_9c29_e986b41c702e.jpeg]][[/labelnote]] |
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| 40 | [[caption-width-right:350:Seeker of the Flow Eternal]] |
| 41 | ->'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 [as Emperor Aurelius]; Chapter 5 [as Empress Zethia]; Chapter 10 [as Morsayati]\ |
| 42 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), Dylan Sloane (English), Creator/AiKayano (As Zethia), Creator/HidekatsuShibata (Japanese, As Aurelius), Creator/KoukiUchiyama [[spoiler: (As Zenaās world Euden)]]\ |
| 43 | '''Element:''' Non-elemental |
| 44 | |
| 45 | The actual being setting off the crisis engulfing Alberia and the wider world, the entity that is only known originally as The Other is a {{Body Surf}}ing, otherworldly being who can take control of human beings and is especially interested in controlling Zethia for her Auspex powers. It seeks to "restore the world of man" by getting rid of Dragons (who it claims actually distort the world from what it should be) and plans to use the "Flow Eternal" - a river of power, of sorts, brought on by human emotion (including negative ones) - to accomplish this.\ |
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| 47 | Chapter 8 eventually reveals The Other's true identity as the great evil demon from long ago called Morsayati. A set of Church documents called the Scrolls of Perdition claim him to be the child of Ilia, but though the Scrolls were refuted, the inner details in the relationship between Morsayati and Ilia are currently unknown.\ |
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| 49 | The ''Forgotten Truths'' event reveals who he truly is: [[spoiler:An Otherworldly being, brought to Ilia's world with the Omega Keys and was later given a body made with alchemy by Ilia, who she named Mordecai. He learned how to be a human and later learned what love is. Having seen Ilia be "killed" (actually just falling into a short coma) in front of him transformed him into the Other. Though Mordecai managed to regain his senses, his [[ThePowerOfHate hatred for Elysium]] and his power [[EnemyWithout separated from him]] and became the Demon Morsayati.]] |
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| 51 | * AmbiguousGender: It's unclear if it truly has a gender. The cast briefly refers to it as a "he" when it disappears with Zethia, but it never refers to itself with any kind of gendered nouns and seems comfortable assuming the gender identity of its current host. In the story summary of Chapter 5, "The Auspex's Last Words", the Other is referred to with female pronouns. The true identity, however, has been referred to as male in the distant past. [[spoiler:Considering Mordecai, the being he originated from, was male, it's probably reasonable enough to assume that the demon is male as well. Although it should be noted that this being's mind and personality existed prior to becoming Mordecai and his body was created by Ilia rather than the character itself. As well as how pieces of this otherworldly being was used to take form by faerie magic in Euden, a male character, and Sheila, a female character.]] |
| 52 | * AndIMustScream: In Chapter 1, it's mentioned that Alberius sealed him away a second time via the Blood Casket ritual. It isn't until Chapter 10 that we learn that the ritual in question subjected Morsayati to this, as it binds and seals him away in Alberius' bloodline. This causes the demon to slowly feel his own existence stretch and fade out as the Alberius family tree grows and couldn't do anything about it, and only manages to escape this fate by possessing Aurelius and eventually Zethia. [[spoiler:He is now back in this position as of Chapter 14, as Beren has fully absorbed him, and is now using him as nothing more than a living battery.]] |
| 53 | * AndThenWhat: [[spoiler:Chronos Nyx's Dragon Story has Emperor Euden run into this. Being literally born from one man's hate of Dragons, in this BadFuture he successfully wiped them all, yet he's thrown off by the fact that his fury hasn't subsided at all, and even further desecrating them and ensuring they're DeaderThanDead wasn't enough. However, in a uniquely [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]] way, he comes to a conclusion: Given he's exactly a being of hate, he'll just set his anger out on the whole world that enabled Dragons to begin with, leading to Chronos Nyx's creation as his enforcer.]] |
| 54 | -->[[spoiler:He ruminated over his hatred of the dragons who had deceived him and stolen his mother away by forcing their absurd ways upon her. And as he thought, realization came over him.\ |
| 55 | The Other did not merely hate the dragons' existenceāhe hated the very order of the world which gave the dragons freedom to behave however they liked.\ |
| 56 | "Elysium is the dragon from which all follows. I will destroy the order of the world that permits the dragon's hegemony and form it anew. Only then will my revenge be complete."]] |
| 57 | * AntagonisticOffspring: Possibly. [[spoiler:There are (possibly apocryphal) texts within the Ilian Church, called the Scrolls of Perdition, which claim that Morsayati is actually Ilia's child. While not outright secret or heretical, the Church has yet to officially rule on their canonicity and finds the implications troubling, so it's not taught to laypeople and is outright rejected by many clergy as obvious pseudepigrapha.]] Turns out the truth is [[spoiler:not in literal terms, and at best his "parentage" is entirely metaphorical. He has absolutely no blood or even adopted family ties to Ilia, he just happens to be the physical manifestation of the hatred of Mordecai, a being who was given a physical body by Ilia, and created due to Elysium making a pact and seemingly killing her.]] |
| 58 | * BigBad: The first Big Bad of the ''Dragalia'' storyline. It is the root cause of the Prince's initial suffering, and it must be defeated for there to be any hope of restoring Alberia to what it was, as well as saving the wider world from irrevocable damage and destruction. [[spoiler: Now demoted to BigBadWannabe after Chapter 14, after being absorbed by Beren, with Nedrick taking over his role. That said, he does get to serve as the Raid Boss for the "Forgotten Truths" Raid Event, which details his origins. And with the ending of said event, it may be too early to truly write him off, as there is more than one Morsayati...]] |
| 59 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Though basically been non-present as a direct antagonist in Events, the "''Fire Emblem'': Kindred Ties" Event has him show up and accepts Alphonse's prisoner transfer as a gift from ThĆ³rr. |
| 60 | * BodySurf: Takes complete control of whoever is hosting him at the moment, and surfs via a combination of Mana assault and some kind of biological component. He was absolutely in control of Aurelius when he took him over, and poor Zethia also falls under his sway entirely. It's implied that the power of two Auspexes would be enough to purge him from a host, but The Other's temporary control of Zodiark, via possessing Aurelius, destroys that one glimmer of hope. A lone Auspex can't do it, especially now that he's occupying the ''body'' of one. Another factor to this is that the Blood Casket ritual that was inflicted on him probably helped him along in possessing Aurelius and Zethia, as it did make him one with their bloodline. [[spoiler: In alternate universes, including Zena's, The Other successfully possessed Euden after he ''willingly accepted it'' as the exchange for Zethia's safety.]] [[spoiler: ''Dawn of Dragalia'' has him do this to Cardinal Lambert as his [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness reward]] for freeing him, gaining a new body and picking right up where he left off.]] |
| 61 | * ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:In a roundabout way, Morsayati can be seen as this despite being TheUnfought in the main campaign. His battle in ''Forgotten Truths'' with which plenty of details regarding the history of the world and characters are revealed, is technically immediately before Euden and company confront him at the end of Chapter 14 where they witness him being absorbed by Beren.]] |
| 62 | ** [[spoiler:This is twofold when Beren takes on Morsayati's form for the final battle of Chapter 26, Part 1.]] |
| 63 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: He is presented as the BigBad [[spoiler:up until being absorbed in Chapter 14. After which, he gets his boss fight not in the main campaign but in the ''Forgotten Truths'' event, which details his origin.]] Ironically, he has ''the'' endgame goal fight in ''Morsayati Reckoning,'' something which fellow anniversary raid bosses lack. |
| 64 | * TheDreaded: Some characters are scared of this otherworldy being such as [[ProfessionalKiller Alex]] and [[CrusadingWidower Grace]] would rather turn and run then face this one. |
| 65 | * TheEmperor: Of the modern incarnation of the Dyrenell Empire, having essentially given Harle and his troops a blank check to terrorize the countryside as he tries to find his body. Though after regaining full power, he actually has very little interest in governing, [[WeAreAsMayflies as it regards all life as merely something to revere its godlike power]], and doesn't actually care whether the Empire is tyrannical or benevolent. |
| 66 | * EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:He is the physical manifestation of Mordecai's hatred toward Elysium, which is so strong that it managed to separate itself from Mordecai.]] |
| 67 | * EnergyBeings: [[spoiler:The Other's form is portrayed as such when summoned by Ilia by opening a gate to the otherworld. Ilia noticed she was being followed by this otherworldy being and recognized this being has an own will. Ilia decided to create a humanoid body for this being in order to establish communications.]] |
| 68 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler:At the end of it all, in the most roundabout sense, this applies greatly. Morsayati is the hate and anger manifested from Mordecai, whom had just bore witness to Ilia's seeming demise at the hands of Elysium, so consumed with blinding rage that even when it's revealed she's NotQuiteDead, his anger persists and continues to lash out at the world. Notably, despite it generally being agreed between everyone he himself isn't literally Ilia's child, in Chronos Nyx's Dragon Story his future self indirectly refers to her as his mother when remembering why he hated Dragons so much and how he got so far.]] |
| 69 | * EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: Lambert tries to harness his power, but Morsayati overpowers him instead]]. |
| 70 | * FantasticRacism: Utterly loathes Dragons for unspecified reasons, specifically seeking to purge them from the world with whatever it can use. Although, with the reveal of his identity as Morsayati, a bit of FridgeBrilliance comes into play. After all, both his major defeats were because of Dragons: Elysium for the first time, and the Greatwyrms for the second. "Forgotten Truths" reveals this hatred stems from [[spoiler:the Holywyrm Elysium seemingly killing Ilia.]] |
| 71 | * FusionDance: Of a sort. Despite ostensibly being a separate consciousness that can exit and occupy different bodies as it wills, Morsayati is oddly insistent that he is not simply occupying their bodies, but truly ''is'' them. This is particularly glaring in the case of Zethia which throws out the idea he's doing it [[KickTheDog to get at those who knew them]], as even after achieving his goals and in his private moments where no pretense would be necessary, he still refers to Euden as "brother," implying that on some level, he at least believes what he's saying in having become the one he overshadows. |
| 72 | * GenreSavvy: Has a lot of shades of this. He knows he can be purged by an empowered Auspex (either by their being two of them or through some other means), so what's his plan? BodySurf ''into'' the Auspex at the earliest opportunity. This also gives him the power needed to work towards fulfilling his other goals. |
| 73 | * GreaterScopeVillain: |
| 74 | ** [[spoiler:Fatalis' Dragon Story reveals him to be behind the "Primal Crisis" Event, having called the Dragon forth to rampage as it has done to other worlds.]] |
| 75 | ** [[spoiler:An alternate Other was also behind the events of "Fractured Futures," being responsible for the creation, and commanding, of Chronos. This version from the future successfully possessed Euden, which is the real reason why Chronos refers to Euden as his liege.]] |
| 76 | ** [[spoiler:It is implied to be the one who influenced the Syndicate. In ''Scars of the Syndicate'' it is mentioned that the Syndicate has members in the Royal Court of the Dyrenell Empire. Grace's description of the Syndicate stated in ''Shackles of the Syndicate'' that they believe to "correct the world" by following their leader, which is what the intents The Other/Empress Zethia [[CallBack stated in Chapter 5]]. It also follows the naming convention of Syndicate leaders having a [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]] prefix.]] |
| 77 | * HarderThanHard: ''Morsayati Reckoning'', to the extreme. Not only does it recommend ''40,000'' Might, the highest count standing at 2,000 above fellow [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Exceptionally Difficult Quests]], ''The Agito Uprising'' & ''Rise of the Sinister Dominion'' on Legend Difficulty each and 3,000 more than other Omega-3 bosses, but he boasts much faster attacks, said attacks hitting almost the entire screen, and [[DamageSpongeBoss more health than the Omega-3 version]]. |
| 78 | * TheHeartless: "Forgotten Truths" reveals that [[spoiler:Morsayati was born out of Mordecai's hatred toward Elysium for seemingly killing Ilia. While Mordecai was able to calm down upon discovering that Ilia was alive, his hatred was so great that it manifested as a separate being.]] |
| 79 | * HumansAreBastards: Being sealed away for 700 years, along with gaining Cardinal Lambert's memories, has let him gain this mindset. Chapter 2 of Alberius's story has the villagers blame him for their town being destroyed, believing he was supposed to be an InvincibleHero who was going to singlehandedly save the world, making Morsayati's words ring in Alberius's ears. |
| 80 | * IHaveManyNames: Goes by various names such as Emperor Aurelius, The Other, Empress Zethia, Auspex of the Nether, Morsayati, [[spoiler:Emperor Euden, Mordecai]], etc. |
| 81 | * IdiotHair: |
| 82 | ** Inherits Zethia's, though now it feels more like a cruel mockery of the girl who once was more than anything, as The Other has proven to be anything but stupid. |
| 83 | ** [[spoiler:Also, in alternate universes including Zena's, he inherits Euden's IdiotHair when possessing him.]] |
| 84 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He dies along with Beren halfway through Chapter 26, and the counterpart from Zena's world is slain by Euden and Zena in Chapter 25.]] |
| 85 | * MadeOfEvil: [[spoiler:The "Forgotten Truths" event reveals that Morsayati manifested from the hatred of Mordecai into a separate being after Elysium seemingly killed Ilia]]. |
| 86 | * TheMaster: Of the Syndicate. It's because of this character that Grace feels that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere even the Halidom wouldn't be safe to stay at]]. |
| 87 | * MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:The Other is not only a ''literal'' otherworldly being, but also the negative emotions of the spirit that really did come from another world manifested as it's own individual.]] |
| 88 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: As it turns out, [[spoiler:the belief that Ilia created Morsayati has a kernel of truth. However, she didn't give birth to Morsayati. Rather, Morsayati was born out of Mordecai's hatred, and Mordecai was a disembodied spirit who possessed a body that Ilia created. The responsibility for the demon's creation ultimately falls upon Augus, who created the situation that resulted in Morsayati's birth in the first place, and to a lesser extent Elysium, who forced Ilia into a pact with him, causing Mordecai to give in to rage when Ilia seemingly perished.]] |
| 89 | * NeverGivenAName: If he has a true name he hasn't bothered giving it and presumably has none; he's fine being called The Other by Euden's party, and in public it assumes the identity of whoever he's currently possessing. Chapter 8 reveals that its name is Morsayati, the (purported) child of Ilia. |
| 90 | * NonElemental: [[spoiler:He ends up having no element alignment as a Raid Boss in "Forgotten Truths."]] |
| 91 | * NoSell: He does this in Chapter 2 of Alberius's adventure story while in Cardinal Lambert's body, showing that Alberius has yet to be strong enough to ever hurt him. |
| 92 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: While Morsayati has no qualms with the destruction of the world, it very much prefers to be the one doing it. [[spoiler:In the "''Fire Emblem'': Kindred Ties" Event, Morsayati appears and closes the rifts created by ThĆ³rr, specifically stating that there's no room for even a god to make themselves at home. He has no problem accepting Alfonse as a "gift" from ThĆ³rr afterwards, though.]] |
| 93 | * OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: This character is described as such using terms like "inhuman", "being from another world", and seem to be supernatural. It's behavior seem to based partly on that of its mortal host so it would assume whatever gender it's host is. As well as [[spoiler: how it's physiology was used to give a body to Euden and Sheila]] so the concept of sex may [[NoBiologicalSex not necessarily apply.]] |
| 94 | * PetTheDog: ''Dragalia Minis #66'' "[[https://i.redd.it/rhqcrnhqpd651.png Here, for you]]" features Morsayati shielding a Magma Slime from the rain by giving away an umbrella. |
| 95 | * PowerFloats: Some artworks and wallpapers deptics Empress Zethia floating. In his true form he's also naturally levitating off the ground. |
| 96 | * ThePowerOfHate: [[spoiler:As "Forgotten Truths" reveals, he was created when Mordecai regained control of himself after seeing Ilia alive, but his hatred for Elysium was so great it took all of his power and became the Demon Morsayati.]] |
| 97 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He becomes this color on Nightmare difficulty and above when fought as a Raid Boss in "Forgotten Truths." |
| 98 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Glowing red eyes are the tell for him having possessed someone. |
| 99 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:His first true motivator was seeing Ilia seemingly murdered by Elysium, Morsayati manifesting and in a state of uncontrollable fury. Even after he's now cooled off, this is his overarching goal, which his future self even reflects on in Chronos Nyx's Dragon Story.]] |
| 100 | * SayMyName: [[spoiler:He screams Elysium's name after getting skewered with a massive holy blade in the past.]] |
| 101 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: The ''real'' way Alberius sealed it away was to use his sword, a secret technique, and the power of his Dragonpact to bind Morsayati to his body and all subsequent descendants. [[spoiler:He is eventually forcibly sucked into Beren, a person who is not only tailor-made to seal him within far more effectively then even ''Alberius'' himself, but can also wield his powers with no repercussions.]] |
| 102 | * SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Once he enters Zethia's body and is done driving away the player party, The Other trades out Zethia's original, somewhat cleavage-emphasizing but still modest dress, for the skin-tight black-and-purple ensemble originally seen on the Masked Girl. Flashbacks in Chapter 10 also reveal his other human avatar was a shirtless dude in contrast to the fully armored Alberius. |
| 103 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: Not "Other", ''The'' Other, however that is only [[IHaveManyNames one of many names]] this character is referred to by others. |
| 104 | * StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: The epilogue of "Forgotten Truths" reveals he sent Zethia back in time to Ilia's era to not only help his creation, but to spread himself across different timelines.]] |
| 105 | * {{Superboss}}: In ''Morsayati Reckoning,'' he is the game's truest superboss, available whenever you finish the ''Forgotten Truths'' event and have 40,000 Might in a team but isn't at all necessary. His exclusive drops (Nature's Blessing) are also available through Daily Bonuses in ''Trials of the Mighty,'' or through Treasure Trade with rare materials, the ''Alberian Battle Royale'' or certain events, and even then only being used to further upgrade Elemental Altars and Weapon Dojos. |
| 106 | * SuperEmpowering: According to "Fire Emblem: Lost Heroes", she's the reason why Harle has the ability to use Black Mana. |
| 107 | --> '''Harle:''' "Nothing to onerous! I simply need you to agree to receive a certain power."\ |
| 108 | '''Veronica:''' "What power?"\ |
| 109 | '''Harle:''' "Tee hee! Oh, just a liiiiittle bit of the power the Empress entrusted to me! In our world, this is a powerful force known as 'black mana'." |
| 110 | * ThisCannotBe: Chapter 14 has them in this situation for once! [[spoiler: While he was switching his body from Zethia to Euden, Beren appears and sucks out his soul mid-process into his body.]] |
| 111 | * TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Of a sort. He's never faced in the campaign by Euden and his allies, the closest case being Beren assuming Morsayati's form in Chapter 26 - barring two other exceptions: Zethia sent 1000 years into the past and Midgardsormr as a Primordial Dragon with the help of Ilia, Meene and Mordecai engage Morsayati as the raid boss of ''Forgotten Truths.'']] |
| 112 | * TheUsurper: On ''multiple'' levels. Not only does he use his body-surfing to take over Alberia and convert it back into Dyrenell using Aurelius' identity, but then he possesses Zethia, claims to the public that Aurelius was killed by Euden, and then proclaims "herself" as Empress Zethia - except that Zethia is not only technically the youngest of the siblings, but wasn't supposed to be in line for the throne at all, being the Ilian Auspex! Precisely how the other siblings feel about this remains to be seen, but Valyx is at least willing to acknowledge "Zethia" as ruler and still believes his old oaths of loyalty continue to bind him to Dyrenell. Emile is also accepting of having his younger sister be the ruler of Dyrenell, which is odd because of his InferioritySuperiorityComplex regarding his younger brother Euden and his older siblings. [[spoiler:Then, in an ironic and well deserved twist, he himself gets usurped by not only Beren and Phares (by having the former absorb him mid BodySurf), but then having role of BigBad taken by Nedrick soon after, demoting him to a BigBadWannabe.]] [[spoiler: Dawn of Dragalia shows he did this to Cardinal Lambert and most likely would have done this to the Dyrenell Emperor.]] |
| 113 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Whenever a person possessed by him speaks, their voice has an echoing effect that makes it sound a bit like someone else is also speaking. |
| 114 | * WalkingSpoiler: It may come up fairly early in the overall life of the game, but absolutely nothing in the promotional material of the game even hinted that it would end up possessing Zethia and using her to pose as "Empress." |
| 115 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Alberius's story shows he tries to force this upon his enemy, even thought the Other knows full well he'll rather fight and die to see him dead before he'll ever join. |
| 116 | * WhamEpisode: Detailed a bit more on the main page, but needless to say, The Other's proper entry into the story turns the whole plot on its ear. Being some kind of body-surfer, well, that was suspected from nearly the start. Surfing into Zethia with no obvious way to get it out, surfing into Zethia being the plan ''from the start'', and using "Zethia" to become Empress, however? That wasn't teased or hinted toward at all. [[spoiler:Then, Chapter 14 has him almost unceremoniously defeated by Beren via absorption, and his title of BigBad taken by Nedrick, the leader of the Agito.]] |
| 117 | * YouCantThwartStageOne: His plan to regain his full power and revive his true body succeeds without a flaw... [[spoiler:except that he wasn't able to reintegrate with one last piece. In Chapter 19, it is revealed that last piece was used by the faeries to create an ArtificialHuman, the Prince.]] |
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| 120 | [[folder:"Harle"]] |
| 121 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harle_loki_render.png]] |
| 122 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Black Raven]] |
| 123 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{KENN}} (Japanese), Adam Trask (English)\ |
| 124 | '''Element:''' Non-Elemental\ |
| 125 | '''Debut:''' Chapter 2 [NPC], Knights of Alberia [Enemy] |
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| 127 | |
| 128 | Captain of the Sol Alberius City Guard and eternal rival of Leif, Harle was sworn to defend the capital of Alberia... and seems to have taken to the current change in leadership policies like a seagull to the ocean. He's all too happy to help hunt down Prince Euden and those who follow him, but doesn't seem to show that much respect to the rest of the Royal Family. There is one person, however, he shows significant deference to... |
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| 130 | Later on during ''Faith Forsaken'', it is revealed that [[spoiler:"Harle" is in fact a lesser demon named Loki who took on the real Harle's appearance and place in order to act as an agent of the Progenitor and to get the real Harle out of the way without suspicion.]] |
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| 132 | * AllYourPowersCombined: The epilogue for ''Rise of the Sinister Dominion'' [[spoiler:revealed that before Satan's revival, he absorbed power from each of the Arch Demons]]. |
| 133 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Both the ''Agents of the Goddess'' and ''Divine Deception'' events heavily imply that Harle may not be entirely human, as he knows a little ''too'' much about the past Empyrean War than what could possibly be gained from merely reading about it. That, his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to even someone from the corrupt Ilian Church, and his ability to corrupt dragons without Beren's aid implies that there is an even darker power he is allied with... ''Knights of Alberia'' also has him use dense miasma to heal a fatal wound that should have utterly killed him before teleporting out. ''Faith Forsaken'' reveals that he isn't human at all, but a demon named Loki, and the real Harle's Adventurer Story reveals that Loki is another one of "Phares"'s creations, or, to be more accurate, a lesser demon summoned by him.]] |
| 134 | * ArcVillain: The main antagonist of the "Kindness and Captivity" Event, being the one behind the attack at Melsa's village and kidnapping Sylvia. |
| 135 | * BigBad: The primary instigator of a few events such as the "Kindness and Captivity" and the "Knights of Alberia". |
| 136 | ** [[spoiler: Is also this for the Sinister Dominion as a whole, being the person that instigated the events that caused the Archdemons and Satan to be revived.]] |
| 137 | * BirdsOfAFeather: During "Fire Emblem: Lost Heroes," he and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Loki]] get along famously, being SmugSnake KarmaHoudini villains who do a lot of villainy ForTheEvulz. [[spoiler: It makes sense since he IS this world's version of Loki.]] |
| 138 | * TheCameo: Makes a surprise appearance in High Mercury's Dragon Story, as he was the one who suggested Emile gain her Dragonpact in the first place, even coming up with a (bogus) story for Emile to use to make the pact binding easier. |
| 139 | * CharacterExaggeration: [[spoiler: With the ''real'' Harle becoming playable, it become clear that Loki's taken many of [[SmugSnake his]] [[ManipulativeBastard character]] [[ProfessionalButtKisser traits]] and pushed them to HateSink levels.]] |
| 140 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Harle appears to be loyal to nobody but himself. He supposedly started off loyal to the Alberian royal family, yet the moment the Other is set free, he doesn't waste a second to side with it. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he was working for Graht behind Morsayati's back. The chapter 17 interlude also has hints of him possibly planning to betray Graht and take the Dawnshard for himself. He outright admits to this behavior in Chapter 18, where he tells Euden that he will be temporarily loyal to anybody who he considers useful to his plans and how he has no qualms with betraying them once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he no longer needs them]].]] Leif implies that Harle's aim of a world of equality means he is more flexible with his loyalties, as the world of Dragalia Lost is mostly feudal and ruled by kings, nobles and religious organizations, precisely the people who Harle is forced to manipulate for backing and resources, who would also stand to lose the most power and influence in a more egalitarian society. [[spoiler:Then we get to when Origa reveals the effort to revive Satan, which Harle, or rather Loki, aided her in, was to stop the Progenitor. As Loki was created by the Progenitor, it is very likely he played her like a fiddle as well. Part two proves this to be the case as he had used both Origa and Basileus to revive a being that was never intended to be directly used to oppose the Progenitor, though the epilogue of "Faith Forsaken" reveals that Loki's motives are to unleash pure chaos upon the world, and he legitimately has no interest in allowing the world the Progenitor intends to create, considering it to be boring, and Loki ''openly warns'' the Progenitor that even if that world comes about, he plans to burn it to the ground.]] |
| 141 | * ClassifiedInformation: [[spoiler: What he was looking for in Chapter 10 concerning Euden and Zethia. He finds it, and shows it to Elisanne in Chapter 11, which shakes her to her core. It's eventually revealed to be the truth that Euden was adopted and the actual seventh scion died shortly after birth.]] |
| 142 | * TheCorruption: [[spoiler:He infuses several fiends, several Church soldiers, and Kamuy with black mana to send them into a frenzy, on top of sealing the front gate to the Fairy Kingdom with said mana, all without Beren's assistance. In ''Knights of Alberia'', he can use this same power to heal and teleport. It turns out this is because he is a demon.]] |
| 143 | * CreepyCrows: His epithet is "The Black Raven". Ravens tend to be seen as an association with a bad omen. |
| 144 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He doesn't die per say, but Harle inflicts upon Loki the same fate the latter inflicted to him; banishment from the world. However, it doesn't stick, thanks to Progenitor!Phares.]] |
| 145 | * EvilBrit: He speaks with a British accent after being SuddenlyVoiced when the language is set to English. |
| 146 | * EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: Phares was the one who summoned him in order to resurrect Satan. However, after succeeding with Satan's revival and getting sent to the Otherworld again, Phares frees him as a reward for a "job well done" but [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished only for him to turn against him]] threatening that he will ruin Phares' plans if they don't collapse prior. Then he [[VillainExitStageLeft walks away]] possibly to scheme Phares' downfall.]] |
| 147 | * ForTheEvulz: Most of what he does after Alberia becomes Dyrenell is just for the evil of it, but his two standout moments of this are: |
| 148 | ** [[spoiler:Being responsible for the entirety of the ''Kindness and Captivity'' event, which includes making Melsa betray the Prince and friends by luring them to an ambush at her village under the guide of saving their guardian Dragon, destroying said village, turning said Dragon into a monstrous fiend, and laughing while revealing the truth to everyone.]] |
| 149 | ** [[spoiler:In the Chapter 11 Interlude, he attacks a church for the sole sake of luring Elisanne there. He shows Elisanne a ''HUGE'' DarkSecret concerning Euden and his birth, for no reason other than to watch her squirm as she tries to process it.]] |
| 150 | * HateSink: Harle is one of the most despicable characters in the game, with most of his actions done for his own amusement, and has zero redeeming qualities. Even the amoral Phares and Beren, and Ciella of the Agito have nothing but contempt for him. Even in the much more comedic ''Dragalia Life,'' which adds comedic qualities to the antagonists, the comics starring Harle only serve to emphasize how much of a complete bastard he is. [[spoiler:This only applies to the fake Harle/Loki. The ''real'' Harle is furious at what Loki's done using his face, and wants vengeance.]] |
| 151 | * HiddenAgendaVillain: [[spoiler:His reasoning for fighting with the Empire and finding out [[ReplacementGoldfish Euden's real birth]] remain unknown even now. Though as Phares points out that whatever they are, they are clearly not for the sake of either the Empire OR the royal family.]] |
| 152 | * HyperAwareness: He is very observant of not just his surroundings, but also can read people like a book. [[spoiler:[[FailedASpotCheck Makes all the more odd that he would miss a rebel faction within his own ranks]], [[OutOfCharacterAlert which Phares points out when the two meet up in Chapter 14's side story]]. Harle tries to downplay this with some more brown nosing, only for the equally hyper aware Phares to promptly see through his words.]] |
| 153 | * ILied: He told [[spoiler:Melsa and her village he would leave them alone and return Sylvia unharmed if they led the Prince to a trap for him. Not only did he plan to destroy the village anyway, he also turned Sylvia into the fiend Hypnos.]] |
| 154 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After three years, it finally expires for Loki, once he's confronted by Harle just after he seemingly caught Euden, the Apostles and the Archangels in his trap; and he finally suffers a true VillainousBreakdown as a result, after playing it cool and smugly forever. It doesn't stick, but Harle has completely exposed his deception in front of the entire world and gotten some measure of revenge regardless. It gets to stick permanently 6 months later when Bondforged Euden kills him in his Adventurer Story.]] |
| 155 | * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He was one of the collaborators behind the ''Agents of the Goddess'' event.]] |
| 156 | * NonElemental: Harle appears as a boss in the "Knights of Alberia" where he has no element. |
| 157 | * ObviouslyEvil: Even ''before'' the Dyrenell Empire surfaces at the beginning of the game, one look at this guy should tell you that he's bad news. |
| 158 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:When he meets up with Phares and Beren in the Chapter 14 side story, he makes pleasantries with them, only for Phares to cut to the chase, as despite being a master planner Harle's defense startegy is shockingly sloppy. He only used a single electric barrier to stop the New Alberia assault, and [[FailedASpotCheck somehow missed the rebel faction in his own ranks]], eventually revealing that he [[FailureGambit intended for all that to happen, with the implied purpose of making sure the Prince reached Morsayati]]. He tries to downplay it with his [[ProfessionalButtKisser bootlicker routine]], but Phares isn't falling for it for even a second]]. But what really seals the deal is [[spoiler:the fact that Phares manages to actually ''anger'' him.]] |
| 159 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: Acts as one to [[spoiler:Zethia/Morsayati]] by trying to flatter them as much as possible, while downplaying himself, much to their disgust. [[spoiler:Although as Phares points out in the Chapter 14 side story, he does this so that others will think he is [[BeneathNotice not worth looking into]] with all his brown nosing, allowing him to plan and scheme without anyone bothering him.]] |
| 160 | * TheRival: To Leif. The Wyrmprint dedicated to this describes Leif as seeing it as a sporting, healthy rivalry. Harle... not so much. |
| 161 | * SayMyName: [[spoiler:Shouts Harle's name before he's banished by him.]] |
| 162 | * SecretChaser: [[spoiler: Is revealed in Chapter 10 to be poking around the Alberian Church Library trying to find some ClassifiedInformation concerning the birth of Euden and Zethia. [[DarkSecret In the end, he finds it, and what ever it is has some huge implications for the Prince]]. Chapter 12's Interlude reveals that the real Euden died as an infant, and the current Euden is a ReplacementGoldfish.]] |
| 163 | * SmugSmiler: His default expression is a ''very'' punchable smug grin. |
| 164 | * SmugSnake: Oh, so very much. Even characters in-universe describe him as being unbearably smarmy. |
| 165 | * TheStarscream: To ''[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder everyone else he works for]]''. Though, in an unusual take on this trope, he actually has the courtesy to inform [[spoiler:the Progenitor]] that he plans to ruin their plans, [[spoiler:probably because the Progenitor summoned him and then bailed him out when the real Harle tossed him into the Otherworld.]] |
| 166 | * TheStrategist: A very effective one, if equally as cruel, as every scheme he comes up with has run smoothly with little-to-no hiccups. [[spoiler:The fact that his defense against New Alberia consists of a single electrical barrier that he lured Euden's group into, and only telling his guard to "hold the line til he gets back," [[OutOfCharacterAlert is so weak a strategy that he gets called out on it]]. It's one of the major clues that tells Phares that Harle never had the best intentions for either the kingdom or royal family.]] |
| 167 | * SuddenlyVoiced: Harle finally been given voiced dialogue in the "Knights of Alberia" event. Though this only applies to the English version, as he has had a Japanese actor since the beginning. |
| 168 | * ThisCannotBe: He utters this when defeated in "Knights of Alberia." |
| 169 | -->"Me...? Defeated...? It cannot be!" |
| 170 | * TrapMaster: Every time he clashes with the heroes, he always has a trap on standby, from baited ambushes to [[HighVoltageDeath an electrical mana barrier that fries whoever touches it]]. |
| 171 | * TheUnfought: Most encounters with Harle have him at a tactical advantage and traps and reinforcements at the ready, and he never commits to an engagement without an exit strategy, thus the party cannot actually take a blade to his smug face. [[spoiler:His luck runs out in ''Knights of Alberia'' when Leif and Cecile force him to use dense miasma to heal an otherwise fatal wound and escape.]] |
| 172 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[spoiler:He is not the slightest bit perturbed by "Empress Zethia" coming into being, and seems to accept The Other as a ruler. This implies he either decided the whole thing was cool from the very outset [[TheMole or may have been in on the plan from before the start of the game's plot]]. Considering he was Loki from the start, he probably was quite aware of what was going on.]] |
| 173 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: According to ''Knights of Alberia'', he was once good friends with Leif and Cecile, and even dreamed of a world where anyone could decide their own destiny no matter the circumstances of their birth. His behaviour in the flashback is a far cry from the smarmy asshole in the present day. [[spoiler:That's because said smarmy asshole was never Harle to begin with, with the real one being TrappedInAnotherWorld.]] |
| 174 | * XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:His sealing the front gate to the Fairy Kingdom can be beneficial in multiple ways: either Euden and his party are killed or they lead him to a secret back door. Either way, his prospects for the Dawnshard become that much better. Though, it turns out even ''that'' wasn't his goal, he was seeking out Metatron's sacred shard.]] |
| 175 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Finally, truly breaks once he's intercepted by the real Harle.]] |
| 176 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: ''Knights of Alberia'' gives a glimpse into his possible goals - a much more egalitarian world. Leif implies that while his attitude has changed since their days at the academy, Harle's goals have not. [[spoiler:These would be the real Harle's goals, not the fake one running around.]] |
| 177 | * VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After getting freed by Phares in the Faith Forsaken (Part Two) epilogue, he threatens Phares that [[TheStarscream he will ruin his plans then walks away from Phares to hatch more plots of his own.]]]] |
| 178 | * WalkingSpoiler: Everything relating to him post-"Faith Forsaken" after the revelation that [[spoiler: his true name is Loki.]] |
| 179 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: ''Knights of Alberia'' reveals that he, Leif and Cecile all attended the knights' academy together and were actually ''friends'', and when pressed in the flashback where they celebrate their graduation, Harle admits his aim is a more egalitarian society where anyone can potentially achieve their dreams no matter what the circumstances of their birth. Which makes one wonder how Harle became such a massive asshole. [[spoiler:He's not the real Harle.]] |
| 180 | * WithholdingTheirName: The end of ''Divine Deception'' reveals that [[spoiler:Harle isn't his real name, but the person who knows his true name dies before they can reveal it]]. Part One of ''Faith Forsaken'' reveals that [[spoiler:the fake Harle's name is actually '''Loki.''']] |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Fafnir Roy III]] |
| 184 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/600px_200008_01_base_portrait.png]] |
| 185 | |
| 186 | The guardian of the Halidom's treasury and the sole boss of the Mercurial Gauntlet. |
| 187 | ---- |
| 188 | * AdiposeRex: He's the king of the treasury and the largest Gold Fafnir ever seen, and gets bigger with each added level of the Gauntlet run. |
| 189 | * DamageSpongeBoss: With each level increase, his HP goes up, requiring you to bring only your best parties of each Element. He only attacks once every 15 seconds, but each time is enough to bring you down to the red, if not outright kill you at higher Levels. |
| 190 | * GracefulLoser: Every time you defeat him during the Gauntlet, he'll recoil a bit before applauding you. |
| 191 | * InvisibleToNormals: The introduction cutscene shows he only allows himself to be seen by those he feels are trustworthy, and he has found Euden worthy. |
| 192 | * MoneyMultiplier: His rewards - which include Mana, Rupies, and Eldwater - increase with each level beaten, with Twinkling Sands on every 25 total levels. All of them are given out on the 15th of each month. |
| 193 | * PokemonSpeak: Only speaks in sentences like "Faf fee!" and "Faf foo!" |
| 194 | * RunTheGauntlet: Rather than him going through it, it's each of your elemental teams that run 60-70 level gauntlets for each element. |
| 195 | * {{Transplant}}: He's one of many Dragons transferred from ''Knights of Glory''. |
| 196 | * UnblockableAttack: After Level 50, his clap attacks, which could normally be powered through by timed uses of Skills or Dragons, is now a purple attack, making it utterly unblockable, and he'll still use it even when he's in Break status. |
| 197 | * VillainyFreeVillain: He's an antagonist in name only. He just wishes to give his treasure to those who can see him and is overall a nice fellow. |
| 198 | * YourSizeMayVary: He's at his smallest at Level 1 and then at his biggest around the Level 30 range. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | !! Agito Arc |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:"???"]] |
| 204 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_render.png]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | A series of mysterious cubes found in side missions from Chapters 10 to 15. |
| 207 | ---- |
| 208 | * AllYourPowersCombined: The final cube uses moves from all the prior five. |
| 209 | * AlternateRealityGame: While not necessarily a full ARG, there are some aspects to the cubes that resemble one: [[spoiler:The attack names are encrypted messages, with the epithets that can be earned for fighting each cube being hints on how to decode them.]] [[https://www.reddit.com/user/VStruct/comments/g4qzkw/dragalia_lost_ex_boss_puzzle_threads/ This Reddit post]] collects links to threads explaining each one. |
| 210 | * TheBusCameBack: After being absent from the campaign since Chapter 15, [[spoiler:they return in Chapter 23, where they are revealed to be the minions of the Progenitor]]. |
| 211 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's no context to these things; they're just opponents to fight for bonus prizes. |
| 212 | ** [[spoiler:Later [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as they turn out to be [[EarlyBirdCameo an early scouting force]] for the gameās ultimate {{Big Bad}}, [[GodIsEvil Xenos]].]] |
| 213 | * KingMook: The last cube, fought in Chapter 15, is also the largest and strongest of them. |
| 214 | * MyNameIsQuestionMarks: These cubes have only question marks for their names as well as some of the missions that they appear in. [[spoiler:In Chapter 23, they are referred to as terminals]]. |
| 215 | * NothingIsScarier: The cubes have no name, no context around them, and their attack names are just gibberish. |
| 216 | * OminousCube: Weird cubes that attack you for... some reason. |
| 217 | * OptionalBoss: Fighting the cubes is not required to progress the story... [[spoiler:At least not until chapter 23, where they are revealed to be creations of the Progenitor with one being fought to progress.]] |
| 218 | * ThemeNaming: [[spoiler:The attack names are secretly references to real-life space missions, with each cube revolving around a different program.]] |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Beren]] |
| 222 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beren_2.png]] |
| 223 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | ->'''Debut:''' Chapter 13\ |
| 226 | '''Voiced by:''' Megumi Kubota (Japanese), Dylan Sloane (English) |
| 227 | |
| 228 | The missing Fifth Scion and darkest secret of the Alberian Royalty. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * TheAntiChrist: The end of part 1 of Chapter 23 reveals that Beren [[spoiler:is the true vessel of the Progenitor's Primal Mark, the power to control the world, and the only being who can control the Progenitor's power. He chooses to use that power to bring the Progenitor into the world]]. |
| 231 | * BigBrotherWorship: Towards Phares. Even after absorbing The Other, he still follows his brother's orders and is a willing accomplice on his plans. As he told Euden while pretending to be "Ed," this was born out of gratitude for freeing him. |
| 232 | * TheCorruptor: His main power, in general, is that he constantly oozes out highly potent Black Mana that he forcibly infuses into living creatures. The Void Dragons are the result of him using this on actual Dragons! He can even corrupt humans, as shown in Forte's Adventurer Story, although he can't control them as well as Dragons and if the target has the willpower, they can outright break free of his control. |
| 233 | * CreepyChild: Very much so, as seen in his folder pic. [[OlderThanTheyLook Despite how he looks though, he is actually about 21 years old.]] |
| 234 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: [[spoiler:The source of Beren's despair and hatred is that ''literally every parallel instance of himself'' has died so young. He survived solely because he was the closest in nature to Morsayati.]] |
| 235 | * TheDragon: To Phares [[spoiler:who is actually the Progenitor]]. |
| 236 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After the world is restored in the final chapter, Beren neither dies of wyrmscale as a baby nor is locked away by his own father and forgotten, allowing him to live alongside his siblings as the fifth scion.]] |
| 237 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: As creepy as he is, he knows better than to trust Harle. |
| 238 | * TheGhost: According to ''Dragalia Lost'''s [[https://dragalialost.com/en/world/kingdom/ website]], it is indirectly mentioned that Beren is pactbound to a dragon but the dragon has yet to appear. |
| 239 | * HijackingCthulhu: He does this to Morsayati in Chapter 14 by absorbing him into his body while he was transferring from Zethia to Euden. |
| 240 | * InstitutionalApparel: His primary ensemble is an undone straitjacket, accurately reflecting his unnerving demeanor and [[LovecraftianSuperpower Eldritch powers.]] |
| 241 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Chapter 23 plays him off as actually caring for Phares and wanting to help him. The moment the party tries to talk him into helping them along with Phares FightingFromTheInside against the Progenitor, he strikes them all and uses his own body to bring the progenitor back just to spite them.]] |
| 242 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:After plaguing the group since Chapter 22, he joins his parallel counterparts in death halfway through Chapter 26.]] |
| 243 | * LivingLieDetector: It's implied he has this and works even if the person doesn't even know that they're lying. This means Harle's ProfessionalButtKisser routine doesn't work on him, and only makes him very suspicious of the man. Considering [[ILied Harle's lying tendencies]], he has every right to be wary of the man, despite Phares' words. |
| 244 | * ManaDrain: |
| 245 | ** If he chooses not corrupt you, he will do this instead. In fact, his first response after absorbing Morsayati is to say that he doesn't need to drain Mana anymore because the Other was THAT filling. |
| 246 | ** It also qualifies as LifeDrain too. As Mana is also the lifeblood of all living things, him sucking you dry of it would be a rather uncomfortable demise. It's what he does to a guard of his holding complex after he checks in on his cell as his EstablishingCharacterMoment. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Poor guard could only scream as he was dragged back into that cell]]. |
| 247 | * NightmareFace: When he suffers a VillainousBreakdown in Chapter 21, his [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]], [[BlackEyesOfCrazy his sclerae turn black]], and his teeth become razor sharp. |
| 248 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being short enough to look like a child, he's the older brother to Emile, Euden, and Zethia. Dragalia Life #404 confirmed he is 21 years old. |
| 249 | * ThePowerOfHate: He is the one living being most in-tune with black mana in the entire universe. [[spoiler:This let him hijack Morsayati's transfer to Euden in Chapter 14, allows him to use Morsayati's power as his own from Chapter 22 hence, and he shapeshifts into Morsayati in Chapter 26 for his final battle.]] |
| 250 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:When the Auspexes override his world and allow for his defeat, he tries to overload it with black mana much like Otherworld Euden did to destroy his world; failing that, he lets the memory-shaping that created the stronghold's hostile simulacra run amok, producing Astral fiends and Archdemons against the group.]] |
| 251 | * ThePowerOfTheVoid: He's truly the one corrupting the Dragons into Void Dragons. Nearly anything regarding corruption by Black Mana can be pointed to him, as his scuffle with Forte can attest to. |
| 252 | * RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:The party attempts to talk him out of working with the Progenitor telling that he is seen as nothing more than a tool by the Progenitor. Beren doesn't care and just revives the Progenitor out of spite.]] And even later, [[spoiler:despite acknowledging Euden may have had a point that he might've lived a happy life if he had embraced hope and tried to reach out to his siblings, he still tries to sic the event villains and the Sinister Dominion on the heroes in one last act of spite before he expires.]] |
| 253 | * Room101: Beren had been kept in there for a good portion of his life due to feeding on life energy. |
| 254 | * VillainousBreakdown: Beren does not take it well when he found out Euden hasn't succumbed to despair after discovering the truth about himself. He trembles with fury and rants about how he's going to kill him as his expression turns into a ghastly NightmareFace. |
| 255 | * VillainousRescue: He stops Morsayati from possessing Euden in Chapter 14 by absorbing the demon in the middle of transferring his soul. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Nedrick]] |
| 260 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nedrick_render.png]] |
| 261 | ->'''Pact Dragon:''' Bahamut (Partial)\ |
| 262 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoukiUchiyama (Japanese), Victor Hunter (English)\ |
| 263 | '''Debut:''' Chapter 14 |
| 264 | |
| 265 | A mysterious figure who appeared in front of Elisanne while she is taking care of the unconscious Zethia. He easily defeats Elisanne and captures Zethia in order to further his plans. Is in fact the original seventh scion, whose original name was Euden, who died as a baby, and somehow came back to life. |
| 266 | |
| 267 | For tropes involving Nedrick as a playable character, see [[Characters/DragaliaLostAlberianRoyalFamily Alberian Royal Family]]. |
| 268 | ---- |
| 269 | * EleventhHourRanger: [[EvilTwin Nedrick]] spends most of the latter half of the main campaign as the main villain, but once he fails to form a complete pact with Bahamut as he planned, heās not sure what to do next, since that was the only way to defeat [[BigBad Xenos]]. In one of the very last chapters, [[TheHero Euden]] tries to tell him that there may be another way, and since theyāre after the same thing, they should work together. Nedrick relents, but eventually, he (begrudgingly) joins Euden and friends on their quest to stop Xenos. This makes Nedrick one of the very last adventures to be added to the game. |
| 270 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:As Finlorda reveals in Chapter 19, Euden technically ''is'' the rightful Seventh Scion, because Finlorda transferred his soul into a body made from the Other's flesh in order to save his life from Wyrmscale. This begs the question, however, since Euden technically is the Seventh Scion, then just what ''is'' Nedrick then?]] |
| 271 | ** Nedrick's side of the story complicates things ''even further''. [[spoiler:Nedrick implies that his soul is the original, with his body and soul brought back from the dead by Bahamut.]] Considering Nedrick has, as far as anyone knows, entirely honest with everyone, [[spoiler:either there are parts of the story he doesn't actually know or Euden's soul is a copy of Nedrick's.]] |
| 272 | * AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler: He fought Audric/Aurelius more than once and hates how his father keeps interfering.]] When [[spoiler:Audric]] finally confronts him in person, he claims he has no love for his father, right up until [[spoiler:Audric reveals that Aurelius was trying to find a way to save Nedrick from his burden of being pactbound to Bahamut, and had ''deliberately sought out The Other'' to do so.]] |
| 273 | * BackFromTheDead: He was dead at one point, due to succumbing from Wyrmscale as a baby. Cleo rightfully points out that he shouldn't be alive and well as a result, but he refuses to explain how he is somehow still alive. [[spoiler:He later exposits that Bahamut raised him from the dead out of desperation to form a pact with someone willing to unseal him.]] |
| 274 | * BadassLongcoat: He sports a black one that is torn up. |
| 275 | * BigBad: Since Morsayati is no more, this man will be the new main antagonist. He also held Zethia as a captive to lure Euden, and as of the end of Chapter 15, is Euden's main enemy. [[spoiler:While he is still Euden's nemesis, the position of BigBad shifts to the Progenitor.]] |
| 276 | * ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:His fight at the end of Chapter 22 is this. After most of the prior threats have been neutralized (including the Agito and Elysium), Euden duels Nedrick properly atop the Sacred Tree just as he tries to ensure his pact with Bahamut. After this, ''Faith Forsaken'' takes place to end off the Satan Revival Arc and is followed up by delving into the problem that the Progenitor poses.]] |
| 277 | * TheCorruptor: [[spoiler:Though all the Agito were varying degrees of unstable, Nedrick is the one who gave them the masks that further pushed them into being the lunatics we know now, telling them to indulge their desires to get back at the world that wronged them.]] |
| 278 | * CreepyMonotone: He speaks this way compared to Euden, who's much more full of emotion. |
| 279 | * EmptyShell: In a sense. [[spoiler:Euden's soul was transferred out of the deceased body once the replacement was made, so the body was subsequently filled with some other presence that takes on the identity of Nedrick... At least, according to Finlorda. Nedrick himself says otherwise.]] |
| 280 | * EvilCounterpart: Just as each Agito is one to his friends, he's this to Euden, being his Shadow. And also his adoptive brother, who Euden unknowingly replaced. |
| 281 | * EvilTwin: It is a bit of a variation: [[spoiler: Nedrick was the original seventh scion, not Euden, and Euden is actually a clone of Nedrick. This means that Nedrick is the evil twin of ''Zethia'' instead. Nedrick presumably died at a young age, thus wasnāt apart of the royal family as he was supposed to be. Due to his unusual birth as well as being cursed by Bahamut in exchange for his revival, [[FreudianExcuse turned him bitter over the years]]. He acts as the main villain of most of the latter half of the main campaign, but eventually, he comes to an understanding with Euden, and agrees to help him take down [[BigBad Xenos]]]]. |
| 282 | * FaustianRebellion: [[spoiler: Chapter 20 reveals that he wants to summon Bahamut not to make a pact with him, but to kill the dragon responsible for bringing him to life and giving him his power. Chapter 21 has him succeed in attaining half of Bahamut's full power... with Zethia seizing the other half.]] |
| 283 | * FreudianExcuse: Partially implied by who he really is and what he told Elisanne, considering he was replaced by the Euden we know after he died as a baby. When he was revived, well, he didn't take kindly to having his entire life and birthright taken away from him. [[spoiler:Given the original seventh scion's soul transmigrated into the homunculus Finlorda crafted, whatever serves as the replacement never had such life or birthright to begin with.]] |
| 284 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler:During Chapter 21, he explains that he wants to give everyone in the world the power of shapeshifting via his pact with Bahamut so that the weak can stand up for themselves like he did. Valyx instantly shoots down this logic by informing him that the Dragon Choosing exists for a reason, and that those who lack the will to bear a dragonpact risk losing themselves to their dragon when they shapeshift. Nedrick doesn't seem to listen.]] |
| 285 | * HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:He accepts that Euden's idea of stopping the Progenitor has merit, but he still shows signs of wanting to move forward with his original goal even when they form an alliance, making it unclear if he has truly turned over a new leaf or just choosing to side with the heroes to fulfill his goal of defeating the Progenitor.]] |
| 286 | ** In the second half of Chapter 22 he [[spoiler:forms a more solid alliance with Euden and co, after Audric points out that he would be literally incapable of handling the full power of Bahamut's pact, and then confesses everything, including the fact that prime!Aurelius knew about Nedrick and his pact with Bahamut and that part of the reason Aurelius went to the Binding Ruins in the first place ''was to find a way to sever that pact and save Nedrick''.]] |
| 287 | * IdiotHair: He has two antenna-like hair. ''Dragalia Life'' #340 has Luca theorize he just styles his hair that way. |
| 288 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's quite the cruel asshole whenever he isn't speaking with the Agito. |
| 289 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be a bitter pessimist, but deep down, he still cares about people like Jinlorda and Zethia, and will do anything to protect them, even if he wonāt admit it. |
| 290 | * KillTheGod: His aim is to slay [[spoiler:the Progenitor to preserve free will. But first, with help from Euden, he stikes down ''Elysium''.]] |
| 291 | * LightningBruiser: His implied fighting style in cutscenes, attacking with a barrage of lightning-fast sword strikes. |
| 292 | * MagicalSeventhSon: {{Subverted}}: [[spoiler: While he is the true seventh scion, Euden took over that role for most of his life, and he is the one who would help Alberia prosper. This has made him bitter over the years, and why he seeks revenge on Euden]]. |
| 293 | * TheManBehindTheMan: He is the one leading the Agito. |
| 294 | * MeaningfulName: In the Japanese version, Nedrick's name is Nedeu [[note]]ććć¦[[/note]], which is ''an anagram for Euden''[[note]]In Japan, Euden's name is Eudiel (ć¦ć¼ćć£ć«)[[/note]]. |
| 295 | * MorallySuperiorCopy: PlayedWith. It turns out that [[spoiler:Euden is actually a clone of Nedrick, and was made because Nedrick was presumed to have died. While Euden is an AllLovingHero, Nedrick is an {{Antihero}}. However, it turns out that [[UsedToBeASweetKid Nedrick was actually just like Euden at one point]], and the only reason he acts evil is because he was revived by Bahamut, and because he was rejected by society, Nedrick believed that he had to become his pawn in exchange. Even when he starts to break free of Bahamutās influence, Nedrick is still a bit of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Although Euden also had a tough time in society, he still had [[TrueCompanions Zethia and Notte]], who helped guide him to the path of righteousness that heās shown to be in in the present day.]] |
| 296 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: If there's one thing Nedrick detests, it's obstacles to his plans, and he will either shove them aside or destroy them without hesitation. [[spoiler:On first contact with Euden, he shows him the truth of his birthright before trying to kill him; even though he was unsuccessful, he does buy himself some much-needed time to get to the Dawnshard. Once he has it, he goes right to the point he wants to change and gets to work without hesitation; the only reason he fails to secure more than half of Bahamut's power is because Zethia hijacks the other half. And the instant Phares is outed as the host of the Progenitor's will, he immediately tries to cut the second scion's flesh down, the reason that his mere presence is obstacle enough.]] |
| 297 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: While Nedrick dismisses Euden's reliance on his friends, Phares [[spoiler:(actually the Progenitor)]] believes that his TrueCompanions relationship with Jinlorda is no different. |
| 298 | * OneWingedAngel: Thanks to his partial pact with Bahamut, he can shapeshift into the wyrm of genesis, which he does so for his boss fight. |
| 299 | * RealMenWearPink: Nedrick owns a purse as depicted in [[https://i.redd.it/neq89fa5zhd71.png Dragalia Life #377 - The Agito Lunch Meeting]]". |
| 300 | * StockShonenRival: He is emo, has a cold exterior, and acts as a pessimistic foil for the optimistic main hero. He acts as one of the gameās main villains, but [[spoiler: He eventually agrees to work alongside Euden, even though heās still a bit bitter]] |
| 301 | * SupernaturallyYoungParent: [[spoiler: Nedrick presumably died shortly after his birth. Not wanting to lose his son, King Aurelius cloned him. This means that Euden is the same age as Nedrick, who is technically his biological father. This means that Eudenās āfather,ā King Aurelius, is his grandfather, and his āsiblingsā are actually his aunts and uncles.]] |
| 302 | * TechnicolorEyes: He has unusual green eyes with orange and red ring on the outside. |
| 303 | * TribalFacePaint: Has black marks on his face. |
| 304 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Gala Audric's adventurer story implies that, had Nedrick not died as an infant, he would've grown up to be exactly like Euden.]] |
| 305 | * VillainousFriendship: Nedrick seem to form one with Jinlorda and the Agito. However, Nedrick insists that "they are not comrades, they're like-minded people whose power he have acknowledged". He claims that he fight alongside them because he "have no need to safeguard them" and they are "useful". |
| 306 | * WalkingSpoiler: His mere existence is enough to tell anyone that there is more behind Eudenās birth than meets the eye, especially since [[spoiler: heās the true seventh scion]]. |
| 307 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Turns out his ultimate goal is to give all non-dragon races the power to determine their own destiny. [[spoiler:By giving ''everyone'' the ability to form dragonpacts. As Euden, Zethia and Valyx point out, this is problematic unless Nedrick gifts everyone with the ''capacity'' to do so, as the Dragon Choosing exists for a ''reason''.]] |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Jinlorda]] |
| 311 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jinlorda_render.png]] |
| 312 | ->'''Debut:''' Chapter 19\ |
| 313 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoruShiraishi (Japanese voiceover only) |
| 314 | |
| 315 | The current king of the faeries, taken over from his father Finlorda. |
| 316 | ---- |
| 317 | * AffablyEvil: He is very polite even when facing and working with Agito to attack the party. |
| 318 | * AntagonisticOffspring: If his affiliation with Nedrick and attack on the Sacred Tree is any indication, Jinlorda opposes the choices of his father. |
| 319 | * {{Guyliner}}: The current king of the faeries wears very heavy makeup. |
| 320 | * InvincibleMinorMinion: [[spoiler:He aids Nedrick during the first phase of his fight at the end of Chapter 22 whilst shapeshifted. Though he isn't outright invincible, his 999,999 HP that resets everytime he leaves the screen ensures he won't be taken out.]] |
| 321 | * JustThinkOfThePotential: Jinlorda would rather the Faerie Kingdom still be doing experiments with the Other's magic until Finlorda sealed it all away. |
| 322 | * MakeupIsEvil: He has been sporting makeup while he attacks the Sacred Tree, his father would certainly disapprove of his actions. |
| 323 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: He's definitely flaunting that body of his off. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | !! Satan Revival Arc |
| 327 | [[folder:Basileus]] |
| 328 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/basileus_npc_render.png]] |
| 329 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenNarita (Japanese), Colin Cowan (English)\ |
| 330 | '''Debut:''' Divine Deception |
| 331 | |
| 332 | A traitor of the apostles who seeks to revive Satan. He is sigil-bound to the archangel Michael. |
| 333 | |
| 334 | ---- |
| 335 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He reveals that he was never actually loyal to the Church since he first became an apostle. |
| 336 | * BlowYouAway: He is the Wind-elemental Apostle, sigil-bound to the Wind archangel Michael. |
| 337 | * BrokenPedestal: Pinon looked up to him greatly and is heartbroken when she finds out he is the mole. Upon getting confirmation that he never had any loyalty to the church, she loses all respect for him. [[spoiler:Not even his HeelFaceTurn or acknowledgement of Pinon's growth is enough to result in a RebuiltPedestal.]] |
| 338 | * CoatCape: He wears his coat like this. |
| 339 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: It's hard to see, but there are scars around his neck. |
| 340 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Much like Graht, he turns out to be one for "Agents of the Goddess" as he is the mole responsible for the sealing stone getting stolen. |
| 341 | * HeelRealization: |
| 342 | ** [[spoiler:Once Loki reveals the truth about Satan, Basileus is mortified that he had been helping with reviving a being that wants nothing more than destruction and [[HeelFaceTurn vows to clean up the mess he made]].]] |
| 343 | ** [[spoiler:Basileus believed that Michael's loyalty to him was due to Michael's selfish desire to redeem himself for participating in the destruction of Basileus' home as well as Basileus' own manipulation of Michael's guilt. Once he realizes that Michael had genuine faith in him despite everything he has done, Basileus sincerely apologizes to Michael for using him as a tool for revenge and for everything he suffered through as a result.]] |
| 344 | * HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:In "Faith Forsaken", he states that he intends to use his body as the vessel to resurrect Satan; that was a cover story to draw Graht into the open and backstab him however; Origa had already intended to be the vessel for Satan and was working with both Basileus and Loki towards that goal.]] |
| 345 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:He openly admits to manipulating Michael's guilty conscience to gain his servitude in "Faith Forsaken (Part Two)". After learning that Michael served him out of genuine loyalty rather than as a way to ease his guilt, Basileus expresses his own regret for treating Michael as a means to an end, bringing Michael back to life.]] |
| 346 | * TheMole: He betrayed the apostles for his own goals, working alongside Harle ([[spoiler:or rather, Loki]]) and Graht to revive demons. He is outed in "Divine Deception". |
| 347 | * {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Basileus' predecessor and Graht set loose a hideous weapon upon Basileus' village when they were young, and the apostle has been burning to return the favor to Graht; aforementioned predecessor was killed by Michael.]] |
| 348 | * XanatosGambit: His plan in "Divine Deception" involved tricking Madame into being possessed by a demon and then slaying her while also using Pinon to deal with Faris. While Pinon manages to break free of his control before Faris could be eliminated, he establishes them taking the demon down saves him the trouble of doing so himself. Ultimately, he wins no matter the outcome. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Michael]] |
| 352 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/michael_npc_6.png]] |
| 353 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiTamaru (Japanese), Adam Trask (English)\ |
| 354 | '''Debut:''' Faith Forsaken (Part One) |
| 355 | |
| 356 | One of the Five Archangels, sigil-bound to the traitorous Apostle Basileus. He willingly aids Basileus in his goal to resurrect Satan. |
| 357 | ---- |
| 358 | * AffablyEvil: He's always polite to everyone, no matter they be friend or foe, and it's completely genuine. |
| 359 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Dons formal wear in the "Going Undercover" Wyrmprint, where he and Basileus effortlessly apprehend a criminal while [[spoiler:awaiting judgement for the Satan incident]]. |
| 360 | * BlowYouAway: While his boss fight has no Element, he uses wind attacks in battle. Being sigil-bound to Basileus, the Apostle of the Wind Element and with the Archangels lacking such a member of the Element, it's most likely that Michael is the Wind Archangel. |
| 361 | * CantLiveWithoutYou: He is sigil-bound to Apostle Basileus, claiming that if he were to be killed Basileus would die with him. However, he also stated he worked with Basileus' predecessor and he does not explain the fate of Basileus' predecessor, though likely to be dead by the story present [[spoiler:if Basileus' eventual punishment is anything to go off of]]. |
| 362 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:One has to wonder what he was thinking supporting Basileus' predecessor in annihilating a village of innocent people; then again, anyone who works with Graht without ulterior motives is of questionable moral character at best. However, he claims that Graht and Basileus' predecessor deceived him, and he feels deeply guilty for what he participated in, which is why he went along with Basileus' plan.]] |
| 363 | * MoralityChain: Micheal personally doesnāt approve of Basileus' desire for revenge or his goal to revive Satan, but his genuine loyalty to Basileus allows him to go along with his Apostle's plans anyway, all the while having faith that Basileus will one day have a change of heart. [[spoiler:He does.]] |
| 364 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: He has pale red eyes and is in cahoots with Basileus. [[spoiler:It's subverted when his polite behavior is fully genuine and he himself isn't even evil, just highly loyal with the intent of making his Apostle have a second opinion.]] |
| 365 | * TheRuntAtTheEnd: His unique accent color is white, whereas the other Archangels (minus Sandalphon, their leader and who at least has a predominantly blue artwork for her background) have accent colors matching their respective Element. His irises are also solidly light red, while the others have ExoticEyeDesigns. |
| 366 | * TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: When Satan fires a blast at Basileus, Michael jumps in front of it, [[HeroicSacrifice giving his life for him]]. Though, he later is revived with the rest of the Archangels.]] |
| 367 | * UndyingLoyalty: He is staunchly loyal to Basileus, even as Basileus seeks to resurrect Satan. [[spoiler:In "Faith Forsaken", it is revealed he has a guilty conscience from participating in the destruction of Basileus' home town (having been lead to believe it was full of heretics who needed to be slaughtered) and seeks to redeem himself by devoting his life to Basileus himself. As both parts of the event show, Michael's loyalty is indeed genuine as opposed to being brought on by a desire to ease his guilt, and once the whole Satan affair is settled, is willing to accept any punishment decided of him.]] |
| 368 | [[/folder]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[folder:Satan]] |
| 371 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/satan_dragalia.png]] |
| 372 | ->'''Debut:''' Faith Forsaken (Part One) |
| 373 | |
| 374 | The most powerful demon of them all. |
| 375 | ---- |
| 376 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[spoiler:Inverted. When Origa figures him out to be the one responsible for her GroundhogDayLoop, he appears before her in the form of Loki believing the form would get her shaken up, then starts taking forms of the archdemons in an attempt to get her to crack.]] |
| 377 | * AsteroidsMonster: While his soul was sealed off, his body was divided up into pieces and scattered about. This wound up leading to those pieces to grow into the Sinister Dominion. |
| 378 | * BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He returns in "Advent of the Origin" just to be killed by Bahamut as a sacrifice for his resurrection.]] |
| 379 | * BigBad: Ultimately serves as such for the appropriately named Satan Revival plot, being the creature that Basileus, Michael and Loki seek to revive, having Origa offer her soul to complete the process. |
| 380 | * TheCameo: He's the same Satan from VideoGame/RageOfBahamut. |
| 381 | * TheDragon: [[spoiler:Revealed to be one for the Progenitor as one of his creations.]] |
| 382 | * FinalBoss: Acts as one for the Satan Revival plotline and the Sinister Dominion, requiring all of Grastaea to work together to weaken and defeat him. Notably, he's the first raid in the game to have ''sixteen'' players take him on at once. |
| 383 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Satan managed to kill most of the archangels and had Sandalphon not [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat miraculously survived]] in order to [[BackFromTheDead revive them]], the Apostles sigil-bound to them would have presumably shared the same fate.]] |
| 384 | * {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:As Origa's Adventurer Story reveals, Satan at his core is a very callous prick.]] |
| 385 | * MythologyGag: Beyond the nature of his appearance in the game, his second form is [[https://gbf.wiki/images/2/2c/RoB_Satan_3-4.jpg a direct lift of this card art]]. |
| 386 | * NumberOfTheBeast: A total of 666 sacrifices are required to revive him. |
| 387 | * OneWingedAngel: After his first health bar is depleted, he assumes a more powerful form with additional horns and wings. |
| 388 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: The second Satan appears in Grams, the holy city has in a few minutes been [[DoomedHometown set on fire and taken major damage.]] It is believed by the characters such as Loki that Satan [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt could cause the world to end]] had Satan recovered his full strength and been allowed to continue with his attack. |
| 389 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: It isn't clear exactly how old Satan is but according to Sandalphon, Satan made an appearance one thousand years prior to the events of Faith Forsaken where Metatron fought back against his onslaught and sealed his soul in another world. |
| 390 | * {{Satan}}: Such is the case as he is established as the most powerful demon, not to mention it is his name. |
| 391 | * SealedEvilInACan: Had been this for much of the story, with the main goal of Basileus and his cohorts to revive him. By the end of his battle, he's back to this fate once again. |
| 392 | * ShapeshifterSwanSong: [[spoiler:Though he isn't killed, Satan morphs rapidly between the Archdemons and Loki during his VillainousBreakdown as Origa takes over his body.]] |
| 393 | * SilentAntagonist: Satan hardly speaks, leaving others to rely what Satan's thoughts are, besides [[FusionDance Origa's merge with Satan]]. [[spoiler:He finally speaks for himself directly during Origa's Adventurer Story.]] |
| 394 | * WorldsStrongestMan: Satan is considered to be the strongest among demon kind. To the point where Loki and Origa believe that Satan's power could match the Other and defeat the Progenitor. |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | !!Progenitor Arc |
| 398 | [[folder:The Progenitor ('''MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]] |
| 399 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xenos_the_progenitor_render.png]] |
| 400 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), Creator/BrianDrummond (English) |
| 401 | ->''"You have invaded the perfect world, and your fate is MINE!"'' |
| 402 | |
| 403 | One of the creators of the world. Xenos is the archenemy of Bahamut. |
| 404 | ---- |
| 405 | * TheAgeless: Obviously. As the God, he doesnāt age, and has been around for at least thousands of years. |
| 406 | * AllForNothing: He destroyed the entire multiverse and killed the millions that inhabited them all, and for what? He never got to create the world that he envisioned, and everyone that he killed ended up getting revived anyway. |
| 407 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: As the TopGod, Xenos is the bigger fish to all of the gameās other biggest threats, such as Morsayati, Nedrick, Satan, and Bahamut. |
| 408 | * AncientEvil: He has been around since the beginning of time, and 10,000 years before the events of the game, he was sealed up, and would eventually re-awaken. |
| 409 | * {{Archenemy}}: To Bahamut. Their rivalry has lasted since the beginning of time, and their never-ending battles have caused the world to reset time and time again. |
| 410 | * ArcVillain: Although he is responsible for pretty much everything that has ever happened in the game, he only really becomes an antagonist starting at chapter 21. |
| 411 | * BadassLongcoat: He wears a long, white coat that extends all the way below his knees. |
| 412 | * BigBad: For the game as a whole standing above every former big bad. |
| 413 | * BrightIsNotGood: Despite his predominantly white color scheme with his white hair and jacket, he is still the gameās BigBad. |
| 414 | * CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: Xenos manages to survive the initial battle of Euden and co, but after Euden goes after him, he is able to completely slay Xenos once and for all. |
| 415 | * TheChessmaster: Xenos is the one behind practically everything in the game. He used Morsayati as a pawn to gain power, he was the one to unleash all the fiends, he was the one corrupting dragons, manipulated people like Beren and Otherworld Euden into helping him, and overall, he has been planning out his escape and conquering for years. |
| 416 | * CombatTentacles: In his final form, he has two giant tentacles, that he uses, and they have their own health bars. In order to defeat him, the player must destroy these tentacles. |
| 417 | * ControlFreak: He wants the world to be exactly how he wants it, regardless of how the people feel about it. Xenos is willing to do anything and everything just so he can control peopleās lives. |
| 418 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: Xenos definitely seems to be an evil version of of {{God}} from [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} Christian]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} Jewish]] religion. They both created the world with high expectations of humanity, and were optimistic about what humans could do. However, humanity proved to be corrupt, so they decided to try to wipe out the entire population, with hopes that this new population would learn from the last oneās mistakes and actually become the humans that they were hoping they would be. Sadly, they didnāt, and proved to be just as bad as the previous generation. The difference between God and Xenos is that God actually learned to accept humanityās flaws and realized that, despite it all, there is good in humanity, and that they deserve to be spared so that they can spread goodness. This decision to accept humanity is why the religions hail him as such a kind and merciful God, and why he receives worship from the people. Xenos never learned to accept humanity for the way that it is, and wiped them out time and time again with the exact same results. Eventually, he got fed up with it, which is why his ultimate goal is to [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strip the people away of their free will]]. |
| 419 | * CreateYourOwnHero: In discarding his own heart, he created Mordecai, who would later come to oppose him, and Mordecai, while himself creating Morsayati who ended up helping the Progenitor, also indirectly created [[TheHero Euden]] himself, who was also a part of Xenos' heart himself and ultimately defeating him for good in the end. He also created the AlwaysChaoticEvil demons for the purpose of mocking Bahamuts' ideas in free will and chaos, only for some of them to be more interested in things like protection and creation and [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters defy their original purpose.]] Those rebelling demons became the Archangels. |
| 420 | * DarkIsEvil: Xenos mainly attacks using his black cubes, which emit black energy that he frequently uses. |
| 421 | * DealWithTheDevil: Phares is the one whoās responsible for awakening him. Desperate to find a cure for his dragon scale, Phares was willing to do anything. He eventually came across Xenos, who would cure his illness, but in exchange, Xenos would re-awaken and control his body. |
| 422 | * DeathByIrony: The reason why he wanted to take away peopleās free will is because he thought all of them were evil and that humanity could not be salvaged. Humanity used the good in them to band together to defeat him, proving that he is wrong. |
| 423 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: Xenos was born as an ordinary human, but forming a pact with Bahamut and creating the world alongside him turned him into the God of the world. |
| 424 | * DemonicPossession: For the majority of the main campaign, he is inside Pharesā body, using it to pursue his goals in secret. Itās only until the end that he reveals that heās been amongst the Alberian royal family for the entire time. |
| 425 | * {{Determinator}}: He has been trying to create his ideal world for thousands of years at least, and even after getting sealed away time and time again, he still finds a way to bounce back. Even when he gets defeated by Euden and friends, Xenos is still determined to create his perfect world. |
| 426 | * DualityMotif: His eyes, one is a bright blue while the other is a bright red orange. This even extends with his CombatTentacles, with one of them being blue while the other is a red orange. |
| 427 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill: This is his main motivation. Once upon a time, he was a nice {{God}} who had faith in humanity and that, one day, they would do great things. Turns out he was wrong, as they constantly waged war on each other, ended up accidentally destroying their own worlds time and time again, and tried to steal Xenosā power all for themselves. Eventually, he just gave up on humanity, and came to the conclusion that taking away their free will was the only way that they would ever prosper. His ultimate goal is to destroy every world, and then create a new world where everyoneās future is set in stone. |
| 428 | * EvilGenius: He has manipulated people like Phares and has been able to cleverly manipulate people into getting them to do what he wants. |
| 429 | * EvilVsEvil: While Bahamut isnāt evil per se, he does try to wipe out entire dimensions. Still, he despises what Xenos wants to do with humanity and has been trying to stop him for at least thousands of years. |
| 430 | * {{Expy}}: To [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Zanza]]. They were both once ordinary humans, but after they created the world, they became gods. They have spent millennia fighting at war with a different god, and ended up controlling someone else's body, and wish to reshape the world in their own image. There's also the twist in that the protagonist is a fragment of them, and uses their own power to defeat them. |
| 431 | * EyeMotifs: One of the biggest standout features of Xenosā design are his bright eyes that are different colors, which help demonstrate that he is otherworldly and not to be messed with. |
| 432 | * FallenHero: Implied. He said that he was once a nice god who wanted to see the best in humanity, but they failed him time and time again. This drove him mad, and eventually, he became a corrupt god dedicated to molding humans into the way that he sees best. |
| 433 | * FatalFlaw: His arrogance, his inability to realize his own faults, and how he thinks that humanity is below him. Due to being a God, he thinks that he is the most powerful being in the world, being able to defeat any opponent. Itās just that humans can still band together, and that they have strength in numbers, a strength that Xenos fails to realize is possible. |
| 434 | * FinalBoss: Of the game as a collective whole. With [[DamageSpongeBoss the crappton of health he has on each difficulty]], the [[HarderThanHard Very Hard]] version of his quest might even be considered a TrueFinalBoss as well! |
| 435 | * FreudianExcuse: He wasnāt always evil. He wanted humans to live the way that he wanted, but that didnāt work out too well, to put it lightly. That is why he wants to take away their free will, since he thinks itās the only way that theyāll prosper. |
| 436 | * TheGhost: For a while āThe Progenitorā is only mentioned in the game, and even when itās revealed that he took over Pharesā body, it still takes a while before we find out what he truly looks like. |
| 437 | * {{God}}: Obviously. He created the world and wishes to alter it in a way that he chooses. |
| 438 | * GodIsEvil: Xenos is a bit of a deconstruction. When he initially created the world with the help of Bahamut, he was optimistic about what humanity would be able to accomplish. These hopes would quickly be dashed, since humanity would continue to wage war on each other, [[TooDumbToLive end up wiping themselves out due to their stupidity]], and repeatedly attack Xenos, hoping to seek his power. He wiped them out and gave them another chance time and time again, but every single time, they would end up making the exact same mistakes. Eventually, he came to the conclusion that humanity was completely a lost cause, and that [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill the only way that they would ever prosper is if their free will was taken away from them]]. That is why Xenos wants to create a world where nobody gets to decide what their future is going to be like, and all of their choices are made for them, regardless of their opinions. |
| 439 | * GodIsFlawed: Part of Xenosā FatalFlaw is his inability to realize this. He is flawed for not accepting people for who they are, yet he never realizes this. |
| 440 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Morsayati was just a pawn being used by Xenos, and Nedrick was trying to stop Xenos. This means that he was the mastermind behind their actions. |
| 441 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: The gang were able to beat him, since they had access to power that was once his. The Auspexes have fragments of his power, and Euden is part of his heart, which makes him the ideal host for it all. Together, they can warp reality, which nullifies Xenoās abilities. |
| 442 | * HumanoidAbomination: While his main form looks like a fairly normal human, albeit once thatās quite tall and has mysterious marks on his body, his OneWingedAngel forms take on a more monstrous appearances, albeit still humanoid. |
| 443 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Part of Xenosā FreudianExcuse. After millennia of seeing just how evil humans are, he saw them as pure evil, and thought that the only way that they could be ācorrectedā is if they are stripped of all free thinking. |
| 444 | * ItsAllAboutMe: It's not enough for the Progenitor to have a "perfect world" where he controls everything. He wants his world to be the ''only'' world in existence. |
| 445 | * ItsPersonal: Between him and Euden. Since Euden is a part of Xenosā heart, itās up to Euden to stop his own creator, and help the people that Xenos despised so much. |
| 446 | * JerkassGod: He may be the god of the world, but he has no regard for human life, and will kill anyone who opposes him without hesitation. |
| 447 | * LackOfEmpathy: He doesnāt hesitate to kill humans over and over again, and doesnāt care about the harm that heās causing them. |
| 448 | * TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: Due to his special RealityWarper powers that let him alter fate to his advantage, he never shows any effort in reversing all the damage and blows that the heroes do to him, even the powerful attacks from Nedrick using Bahamut's power. Once the protagonists learn how to overcome such an ability however, they can actually deal damage to him that doesn't get undone due to his reality-warping being overriden, forcing Xenos to actively fight in a battle where the heroes can win, which is where the actual boss battle comes in, where he is successfuly destroyed. |
| 449 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Turns out Morsayati was his puppet. |
| 450 | * MarathonBoss: Do ''not'' expect Xenos to die quickly, as he has a ton of HP in any encounter, and unlike Asura there's no massive attack buff to help you. It is not uncommon for endgame-geared players to take more than ten minutes ''ON NORMAL'' to defeat him, with some [[HarderThanHard Very Hard]] runs taking upwards of ''[[TrueFinalBoss a whole hour]]''! |
| 451 | * MotiveDecay: He originally had high hopes for humanity, and wanted them to prosper, but over time, he started to view them as disposable, and only wants to use them to create a world that he has complete control over. |
| 452 | * NearVillainVictory: Xenos actually succeeds in destroying the entire multiverse and successfully kills almost every natural life form. Too bad there was a small fragment of people remainingā¦ |
| 453 | * NeverMyFault: He always blames humans for being evil, and keeps thinking ill of them. He fails to realize that he can still live alongside them regardless of their faults, and it never occurs to him that taking away their free will makes him the bad guy. |
| 454 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: He discarded his heart because he found it to be useless. That couldnāt be further from the truth, as the heart that he despised so much would end up bringing the good in people, and his heart would end up stopping him. |
| 455 | * NighInvulnerability: He is nearly invincible due to being a RealityWarper. He can always alter it in a way so that he always wins no matter what. Thatās why it takes a significant amount of energy to even leave a lasting mark on him. |
| 456 | * NotQuiteDead: After Xenosās initial defeat, itās revealed that heās still alive, and that even in his weakened state, heās still trying to wipe out the world. This is what inspires Euden to pursue him one last time. |
| 457 | * OmnicidalManiac: It's clear that he wants his world to be the ''only'' world in existence, but making it means erasing every other world out there, which happens as his stronghold collides with them; he is even willing to have an Otherworld Euden overload his world with black mana and detonate it to annihilate several worlds at once. |
| 458 | * OneWingedAngel: In the final battle against him, he is revealed to, in addition to his original form, has two other forms, each being more powerful than the last. |
| 459 | * OrangeBlueContrast: With his eyes and his tentacles. One is blue and the other is orange. |
| 460 | * OrderIsNotGood: The Progenitor seeks to create a world of perfect order. However, such a world would never be able to change, meaning everyone would be stuck in the life they were born in with no hope of changing it. |
| 461 | * OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Zigzagged. Xenos is sometimes referred to by gender neutral pronouns due to their godly power and otherworldly nature, but he's also referred to by masculine pronouns. |
| 462 | * PhysicalGod: He is a God with a humanoid appearance, being incredibly tall with a predominantly white color scheme. |
| 463 | * ThePowerOfHate: A memory from the Kaleidoscape reveals and confirms that black mana is the Progenitor's passionate hatred taken form and overflowing, completely filling up the otherworld and occasionally leaking out through tears into the real world. |
| 464 | * RealityWarper: His main ability. He uses this ability to alter reality in a way so that he always wins, which gives him NighInvulnerability. His ultimate goal is to create a reality in which people do not have free will and their futures are set in stone, since he believes that that is the only way that people can prosper. The only way to defeat him is if someone can alter reality themselves. |
| 465 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Downplayed, since only ''one'' of his eyes is red, and itās more of a dark orange. Regardless, heās still a horrible force to be reckoned with, and is capable of a lot of horror. |
| 466 | * SinisterGeometry: Most of his attacks involve him using mysterious black squares, which are capable of performing all kinds of attacks. These cubes actually attacked Euden and friends a few times in the Main Campaign, although it was unknown where they came from. |
| 467 | * TheSociopath: He does not value human life in the slightest. He views them as disposable tools that can be discarded and replaced, regardless of how much harm Xenos is really causing. |
| 468 | * TakeOverTheWorld: {{Downplayed}}, since he doesnāt necessarily want to rule the world personally, but instead, just wants people to act the way that he wants with them having no say in the matter. |
| 469 | * TimeAbyss: As the one who created the world to begin with, he has been around since the worldās very conception, and has been alive ever since. |
| 470 | * TimeMaster: When his power is fully awakened, he can literally rewind time to stop attacks from even happening in the first place, essentially forcing casuality to lock into a timeline where he cannot be defeated. This problem is one of the major obstacles the heroes have to overcome to defeat him. |
| 471 | * TopGod: This game has plenty of demons and deities to speak of, yet, as the man who created the world, Xenos is easily the one to top them all. |
| 472 | * TrueFinalBoss: The game has a lot of climactic battles, but his stands above the rest as the ultimate battle and the one to stand above all the rest. |
| 473 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He wants to kill every life form and destroy the multiverse, since he wants to use it to create a world in which people have no free will, which he sees as the āperfect world.ā |
| 474 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: For the most part, ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' is a lighthearted adventure about a prince living in a castle with his friends, as they try to SaveThePrincess with some MonsterOfTheWeek side events. Despite this, Xenos poses as a legitimate threat to the multiverse. His ultimate goal is to create a world in which humanity has no free will. At first, the heroes actually lose to him, and he engulfs the city of Grams into darkness, then eventually, he ''actually succeeds in destroying the entire multiverse''! It takes some of his own power, as well as [[ThePowerOfFriendship a lot of friendship]], to finally take him down. |
| 475 | * VillainousBreakdown: Even when the heroes finally have the means to take him on, he's unflappable...until Euden dares suggest that, for all of his divine might and age, [[HumansAreFlawed Xenos is just as human as the rest of his creations.]] Considering [[GodIsFlawed what this suggests about Xenos]], ''he does not take it well''. |
| 476 | * WalkingSpoiler: He is the one who caused everything, and is the one who is the main reason behind Morsayati, Nedrick, and Bahamutās actions. Also, being the FinalBoss makes him count as a spoiler. |
| 477 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Xenos has long, white, flowing hair, yet heās incredibly selfish, by viewing people as mere objects that he can use for his own ambition. |
| 478 | * WhoDares: His final words before being destroyed for good by Euden and Midgardsormmr Zero. |
| 479 | -->"How dare you mere creations challenge my perfect world?!" |
| 480 | [[/folder]] |
| 481 | |
| 482 | [[folder:Elysium]] |
| 483 | The Holywyrm. his details are within [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsRecruitable Recruitable Antagonists]]. |
| 484 | [[/folder]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | [[folder:Bahamut]] |
| 487 | The Wyrm of Genesis. Look in [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsRecruitable Recruitable Antagonists]] for more info. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Otherworld Prince (Unmarked Spoilers)]] |
| 491 | The version of Euden from Zena's world who was possessed by the Other. Even after being freed from the Other's influence, he reveals that, like Beren, he is a willing pawn of the Progenitor. Zena ultimately is forced to kill him in Chapter 25. |
| 492 | ---- |
| 493 | * KilledOffForReal: If Zena killing him wasn't enough, he is completely obliterated by his own world exploding. |
| 494 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Ultimately wants what's good for everyone, but has come to the conclusion that the only way to achieve happiness for everyone is to extinguish possibility altogether and create a perfect world. |
| 495 | [[/folder]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | [[folder:Otherworld Main Characters (Unmarked Spoilers)]] |
| 498 | Versions of the main characters summoned by Beren to fight the heroes in the first half of Chapter 26, formed with unresolved grudges against Euden. |
| 499 | ---- |
| 500 | * BreakThemByTalking: They attempt to break the bonds between Euden and his companions by trying to convince them that Euden isn't worthy of following, and in the case of the dragons, that humans and dragons simply can't coexist. The main cast reject this outright, and point out that even the otherworld versions have doubts about their own motives, causing them to be unable to fight at their full potential. |
| 501 | * {{Foil}}: Act as this to the main cast, due to misfortune or unresolved character development causing them to have different outlooks. |
| 502 | ** Otherworld Ranzal resents Euden for allowing the Other to take his body in exchange for saving Zethia. |
| 503 | ** Otherworld Elisanne shares the same resentment as Ranzal, but also has completely lost her faith like Ciella has after being unable to bear the truth of Euden not being a true flesh and blood prince. |
| 504 | ** Otherworld Cleo resents Euden for the MercyKill inflicted upon Alberius, presumably because she was unable to receive the closure the mainline version of her did at the Sacred Tree. |
| 505 | ** Otherworld Alex never escaped the life of an assassin, having even killed Elisanne, and blames Euden for "leading her astray". |
| 506 | ** Otherworld Midgardsormr has concluded that dragons and people are incompatible, as humans and dragons went to war in his world and Euden was forced to kill the Greatwryms himself. Midgardsormr acknowledges that this was "not wholly surprising" to him. |
| 507 | ** Otherworld Brunhilda lost faith in ever becoming Euden's beloved (mainly because her version of Euden ''was forced to kill her''), on top of sharing Midgardsormr's conclusions. |
| 508 | * WhatTheHellHero: They mainly do this towards their mainline counterparts and Euden, with some reasons being more reasonable (such as Otherworld Ranzal's anger at Euden giving himself up to save his sister, which dooms countless worlds where Beren didn't step in, and even Euden himself has acknowledged was a fatal mistake that he narrowly avoided the consequences of purely by circumstance), and some of them... Less so (Otherworld Cleo's resentment over Alberius' MercyKill, which Cleo herself points out was what Alberius wanted in the first place). |
| 509 | * VillainHasAPoint: The main cast acknowledge that the resentment held by their otherworld counterparts isn't entirely unjustified, and Euden himself has acknowledged that Ranzal's reasoning was correct. |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | !Agito |
| 513 | A group of five ([[SingleMindedTwins six actually]]) mysterious people of different races, one for each of the five elements, and each with different but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality completely alien and psychotic moral beliefs]]. On Expert difficulty and higher, they can transform into a [[OneWingedAngel more bestial form]]. |
| 514 | |
| 515 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 516 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/promotionalart_second_anniversary_countdown_illustration__3.png]] |
| 517 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Agito Uprising\ |
| 518 | [[labelnote:Left to right]][[FromNobodyToNightmare Volk]], [[TheSocialDarwinist Kai Yan]], [[HeroWorshipper Tartarus]], [[HopeCrusher Ciella]], and [[EnfantTerrible Ayaha & Otoha]].[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 519 | |
| 520 | * AnimalMotifs: Each member of Agito has one that is usually shown off with their monster form. The material awarded on Legend difficulty spell out what their motif is. |
| 521 | * BerserkButton: As to coincide with their BlueAndOrangeMorality, each one of them have a button that goes against their personal beliefs, which makes them go off: |
| 522 | ** Volk: Merely being a person of privilege is enough to piss him off to a murderous degree. |
| 523 | ** Kai Yan: Having any form of weakness guarantees that he'll come after you with murderous intent. |
| 524 | ** Ciella: Has immense hatred of the Ilian Church, and implying that they have good qualities just pisses her off. |
| 525 | ** Ayaha and Otoha: Don't even think of telling them that their way of freedom is in any way wrong. |
| 526 | ** Tartarus: Mentioning the concept of justice to him enrages him. |
| 527 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Agito each operate by a moral standard that comes across as completely alien and psychotic. |
| 528 | * BossBanter: All of the Agito speak during battle and have dialogue specifically aimed at their good counterpart. |
| 529 | * BossRush: [[spoiler: The final quest of Chapter 20 has the player fighting the second form of each Agito back-to-back, with only the loading screen providing any real break. [[HardModePerks Assuming your team is strong enough]], you can farm this quest for materials needed to craft the powerful Agito weapons]]. |
| 530 | * BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:After Nedrick abandons them when they're all bested, the Agito all separate now that they have no reason to be part of a [[TeethClenchedTeamwork barely-unified group]], as confirmed by Ayaha & Otoha.]] |
| 531 | * ByThePowerOfGraySkull: Their beast forms are activated when they declare "Agito, Awaken!" |
| 532 | * CarnivalOfKillers: They're a wildly varied bunch who all have it out for Euden and one of his peers each, [[spoiler:employed under Nedrick, who gave them their powers.]] |
| 533 | * CoolMask: Every member of the Agito wears a mask of some sort and drops mask fragments when defeated. [[spoiler:Judging by what happened to Valyx when Nedrick put a similar mask on him, these masks may be the source of their power and madness. This is confirmed in Chapter 20 where Jinlorda says they had their masks enhanced to makes them stronger and more insane to the point of being unable to talk.]] |
| 534 | * {{Deconstruction}}: The Agito all deconstruct certain tropes thanks to a generous helping of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. |
| 535 | ** Volk: TallPoppySyndrome - growing up in poverty without anything resembling the most basic of rights made him resent everyone of privilege, regardless of morality; taking up the mask of Agito drives this hatred to murderous degrees. |
| 536 | ** Kai Yan: MightMakesRight - losing his civilization to weakness and decadence left him jaded to peace and cohabilitation; the mask let him feel justified in culling the weak. |
| 537 | ** Ciella: TheParagonAlwaysRebels - a former Grand Paladyn who was made to do horrible things and was ultimately excommunicated for her efforts; the mask turned her despair into genocidal hatred for the Church, saintly and sinister alike. |
| 538 | ** Ayaha and Otoha: OrderIsNotGood - the lack of suitable mentors to discipline them has been implied to be the main cause of their unscrupulous behavior, believing that exerting power over others was the best example of freedom for them, including power over others' lives; their masks intensifying their belief in this trope, reveling in the pleasure of hardly being bound by any rules or laws, and destroying whatever opposed their freedom or was simply deemed by them to be too unsightly to live. |
| 539 | ** Tartarus: SurvivorGuilt - he survived the Second War of Binding and saw his king's end, only to mislead himself into believing Alberius was made to sacrifice himself for the world by the people; the mask enhanced those delusions to the point he wants to sacrifice the world for Alberius. |
| 540 | * EmptyShell: [[spoiler:By the time of their BossRush in Chapter 20, their masks have been overclocked to the point of rendering them essentially braindead, unable to speak (barring Tartarus's instant kill in gameplay) and more like feral animals. Currently, this is their fate after all being knocked out, as of Chapter 22; Ayaha and Otoha recovered some time after, though their mask was disabled for a time.]] |
| 541 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: Downplayed. Though they don't share their ideals and rather would work alone (Volk and Kai Yan outright having clashing beliefs), they're a group where each member is of a unique race and mindset and work under the same name. |
| 542 | * EvilCounterpart: Each Agito serves as one to a main character who shares their Element. |
| 543 | * EvolvingMusic: Their standard forms have one theme, "A Frenzied Rage," that's rather classical while intense, but once they shift to their Agito forms, the music changes to "Gigantic Madness," becoming faster, with shredding guitars and piano, to show you're in for the fight of your life. Obviously applies to the Legend-exclusive remixes for them too. |
| 544 | * ExitVillainStageLeft: From chapter 14 onward, members of Agito attack the heroes only to escape when things don't go as they planned. [[spoiler:Averted with Kai Yan in Chapter 18, who is possibly knocked out by Luca and Reborn Jeanne d'Arc, and Tartarus in Chapter 20, who is obliterated on-screen by the combined power of Cleo and Reborn Nidhogg. Though, they still show up for the BossRush later in Chapter 20.]] |
| 545 | * FinalBoss: One of them (minus Tartarus) is randomly determined to serve as the last boss in an "Enter the Kaleidoscape" run. Whichever one is picked will have their normal form fought on floor 45, then their beast form on floor 50. |
| 546 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: At least one of their main gimmicks during their fights can also be turned around on them. |
| 547 | ** If you're not afflicted with Plague and provided you're immune to Sleep and/or Stun, the orbs summoned by Volk during Underdog's Scheme can be safely ran into and will increase your skill gauge. Inversely, being afflicted with Plague will make you immune to Volk's LifeDrain, and transmit it to him instead. He isn't immune to Plague either, tanking his affliction resistances just as much as anyone else. |
| 548 | ** Battlefield's buffing properties can let Shadow Adventurers absolutely shred Kai Yan's health while they're in it so long as they can keep up with dodging some of his purple attacks, bypassing his beefier defenses. |
| 549 | ** Ciella's Tides of Despair can be blocked off by hiding behind the Cryogenic Meteors she casted immediately prior. The time she takes moving around while using Mist Veil also gives Adventurers some brief down time to prepare or heal, and she always goes in set locations and being somewhat visible, making it a lot easier to expect. |
| 550 | ** Several of Ayaha & Otoha's attacks (including their combination attack in their first phase) can be used to damage them instead, burning or stunning them as well which turns off one of two of their buffs each. |
| 551 | ** Going into one of the Portals in Tartarus's arena can save someone from worse attacks, and defeating the copies in them both disables one of his abilities or buffs and gives half a full Dragon gauge for those who did such. |
| 552 | * InferredSurvival: [[spoiler:Despite their last known status they were all in, and especially what happened to Tartarus immediately before the BossRush, the fact that Ayaha & Otoha were directly PromotedToPlayable with the clarification that the Agito have disbanded generally assures the rest of them managed to recover from their braindead and unconscious state.]] |
| 553 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: A villainous example. All of the Agito introduce themselves by saying, "We are Agito," before saying something about their personal beliefs. |
| 554 | * InfinityPlusOneSword: Defeating them lets you craft the Agito Weapons, currently the most powerful Weapons in the game with a rarity of ''6 Stars''. Being a 6-Star Weapon, they cannot be unbound with Damascus Ingots and must be unbound by crafting four additional copies [[BribingYourWayToVictory or purchasing a bundle containing an Adamantite Ingot]], which can take quite a while and be costly. Then the Weapons were given a second Tier, increasing their power even further before Version 2.0 merged them both together. Theyāll have two passive abilities tied to them thatāll activate when using one of the two Agito Weapon Skills. Legendary adds a new level of refinement making it a +1.5% and a new glamour as well. |
| 555 | * LoneWolfBoss: At most, the only implications they're even somewhat related to The Other was Ciella's former position as a Paladyn of the Ilian Church and Alberius's fate after sealing Morsayati being the catalyst for Tartarus to become Agito, those two also being the only ones more directly tied with some of the cast (Elisanne looked up to Ciella during her time becoming a Paladyn, Cleo also served Alberius in that time while the Greatwyrms had to subdue Tartarus when he first went berserk). Even them being collectively called Agito is mostly due to shared traits, considering they don't have any ties with one another and just want to settle a score or fulfill their goals in The Agito Uprising. [[spoiler:It's revealed to be a subverted case however, given them jumping into the plot as soon as Morsayati is seemingly taken care of, and their banding under Nedrick, himself more related to Morsayati than initially suspected. Conversely, he himself doesn't care what they do, leaving them to their devices generally after he granted them their masks.]] |
| 556 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: The Agito all prove themselves to be devastating villains that menace the types of people that they despise, and their unique masks are an iconic part of their design. In-game, their main drops are their mask fragments and in Legend difficulty, a generic evil-looking mask symbolizes the Berserk condition they have. The masks themselves are stated to [[spoiler: amplify their emotions, fueling their madness and desire to inflict harm on their opposers even more, with Valyx who was made to wear one proving to be much more aggressive and vicious when wearing one compared to his usual stoic nature otherwise.]] The one exception that doesn't wear a mask is their leader, [[spoiler: Nedrick.]] |
| 557 | * TheManBehindTheMan: All but outright shown. Thanks to the introduction of the Tier 2 Weapons through Master Volk, there is ''someone'' who was responsible for giving all the Agito their incredible power and their ability to go OneWingedAngel, and is likely the one leading all of them. We learn who this individual is in Chapter 15, [[spoiler:itās Nedrick.]] |
| 558 | * MonkeyMoralityPose: It's done more by their outfits than the actual poses. Volk and Tartarus have their masks covering their mouths for Speak. Kai Yan has a mask of his right eye and Ciella has one over both eyes for See. Ayaha and Otoha have their right and left ears respectively blocked for Hear. |
| 559 | * MorphicResonance: Their beast forms have patterns on their bodies that match their tattoos. |
| 560 | * NonElemental: [[spoiler: They all lose their elemental typing during their BossRush in Chapter 20.]] |
| 561 | * OneWingedAngel: Expert difficulty gives each Agito a more bestial form after their health is depleted once, while in the Master difficulty have them transform before the battle starts with the exception of Ayaha and Otoha who still start in their first phase. |
| 562 | * PerplexingPlurals: Agito is both singular and plural. |
| 563 | * PowerGivesYouWings: Whenever they transform into a more bestial form they gain wings, with the exception of Kai Yan. |
| 564 | * ThePsychoRangers: They're counterparts to Euden's allies of each of their respective element, a [[TeethClenchedTeamwork hardly-united]] group of lunatics with comparable themes and philosophies that they handle ''much'' differently. |
| 565 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Each 6-Star Weapon is named for different mythologies and artifacts. |
| 566 | ** Flame is based on ''Myth/NorseMythology.'' |
| 567 | ** Shadow is based on ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''. |
| 568 | ** Wind is based on ''Myth/ArthurianLegend.'' |
| 569 | ** Water is based on ''Myth/JapaneseMythology.'' |
| 570 | ** Light is based on ''Myth/CelticMythology.'' |
| 571 | * SealedEvilInACan: One of the memories from the Kaleidoscape, [[spoiler:"Faeries and Agito", reveals that the Agito's beast forms were originally monsters that were created by the faeries using black mana in an effort to expand their power. When the faeries lost control of them, the Agito were sealed into masks and locked away. Mayhaps Jinlorda and Nedrick sought to release that power for their agenda...]] |
| 572 | * StatusEffects: Each Agito can inflict both of their element's associated status effects, although some of them can inflict additional ones on top of that. |
| 573 | * StoryBreadcrumbs: The backstories of the Agito can be surmised by reading the descriptions of their Weapons. Their story is told from left to right, starting with the Sword and ending with the Manacaster. |
| 574 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Thankfully, the only reason they all haven't ganged up on you at once is that they care for each other about as much as the people they kill. The "nicest" thing that Volk and Ciella say to each other is "Don't hold me back." [[spoiler: Unless theyāre under direct orders from their leader, Nedrick. With him leaving, though, they're perfectly fine dropping all pretenses of teamwork and disbanding to do their own things.]] |
| 575 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: A VillainEpisode of Dragalia Life reveals what each member of agito prefers to eat. Ayaha and Otoha loves sushi, Ciella prefers Croque Madame, Tartarus likes pancakes, Kai Yan loves [[RealMenEatMeat meat]], and Volk desires [[PrefersRawMeat raw meat]]. |
| 576 | * TragicVillain: All of them, though some less than others. One way or another, much of their past left them helpless and unable to deal with their circumstances, before reaching a point where they couldn't take it anymore and take up the mask of Agito to ensure, in a ''very'' twisted way, people never have to suffer the way they did ever again. |
| 577 | * TurnsRed: |
| 578 | ** Their attack patterns become noticeably more aggressive around when they're at half health or less, especially in the case of Tartarus. |
| 579 | ** In the Legend difficulty fights, when the HP of their beast forms is reduced to about 1/3 of its maximum, they'll enter Berserk mode. When Berserk, their defense skyrockets, [[InterfaceScrew all of their their attack indicators are removed]], avoidable attacks become powerful enough to one-shot adventurers, they become immune to StatusEffects[[note]]Except for Bleed, which is programmed as a stat debuff instead[[/note]], and they'll activate Overdrive whenever they aren't in Break. This comes with a trade-off, however: their Overdrive gauge becomes much more susceptible to force strikes, meaning they can be forced into Break much more frequently. |
| 580 | * VillainEpisode: |
| 581 | ** A few post-Chapter interludes are exclusively focused on Agito, starting in Chapter 13 with Volk & Ciella's debuts in the story and a prelude what happens later down the line. |
| 582 | ** Beating all of them on Expert difficulty unlocks a story scene where the group meet up and discuss circumstances, under Tartarus's orders. [[spoiler:Nedrick is also revealed in this story as their leader and founder.]] |
| 583 | * VillainHasAPoint: The thing is that they each make fundamentally good points (Volk believes there shouldn't be any distinction between "strong and weak", Kai Yan believes each individual should have the capability to be strong on their own, Ciella reaffirms that the Ilian Church is indeed corrupt and generally makes a good point about how religious organizations can abuse their power over people if not kept in check, Ayaha & Otoha believe everyone deserves freedom, and Tartarus says no single individual should have all of a community's problems pushed onto them to handle), but they take it too far and lessen the value of them by embodying what they dislike. |
| 584 | * VillainousBreakdown: |
| 585 | ** The second part of Chapter 20 has them become so determined to beat the heroes [[spoiler: that they have their masks amplified even further which disorients their minds and takes away their ability to speak. They don't even say anything at all during the BossRush to show how far they're gone.]] |
| 586 | ** Their Legend versions show them losing it even worse as even with new heights of power, all they can do is rant and rave at their chosen enemy as they find themselves about to lose. |
| 587 | * VillainsOutShopping: [[https://i.redd.it/neq89fa5zhd71.png Dragalia Life #377 - The Agito Lunch Meeting]]" features them buying lunch with Nedrick acting as the TeamDad. |
| 588 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: It's implied that the power they gained as Agito also made them go insane with bloodlust. Chapter 20 is the absolute high point when [[spoiler: their power is so cranked up it's robbed them of their ability to even speak.]] |
| 589 | * WorthyOpponent: The Epilogue for completing all Expert Agito has them agree that Euden's group, while they may not know what's yet to come, are indeed worthy foes. |
| 590 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: In their bids to stand against that which wronged them, they in turn end up better representing the things that drive their madness. There's varying degrees of awareness among them regarding this (Tartarus especially so). |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Volk]] |
| 594 | The Agito of Wind. Tropes for him can be found in the [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsRecruitable Recruitable Antagonists]] page. |
| 595 | [[/folder]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[folder:Kai Yan]] |
| 598 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kai_yan_render.png]] |
| 599 | [[caption-width-right:350:We are Agito! The iron rulers of all.]] |
| 600 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:The Uprooting One]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6f67b4ab_7f5a_42da_aabd_0562894436b2.png I am DAUNTLESS![[/labelnote]]]] |
| 601 | ->''"I will be your extinction!"''\ |
| 602 | '''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Shirokuma (Japanese)\ |
| 603 | '''Element:''' Light\ |
| 604 | '''Debut:''' The Agito Uprising |
| 605 | |
| 606 | The Agito of Light. He detests those who are weak and those who try to unite regardless of race. |
| 607 | ---- |
| 608 | * AbsoluteXenophobe: Played with. Given his species as a Qilin, his uprising as an Agito stems from a twist their isolationist tendencies for fear of their own power; while races should meet, they are to remain pure and meet with a contest of power. Whoever is the strongest is in the right to treat the weak like trash, and he believes he's in those echelons. |
| 609 | * AmplifierArtifact: His incredible strength is cranked up even further thanks to the Vajra Orb he has on him. |
| 610 | * AnimalMotifs: The ox. He utilizes ox-like brute force. His monster form resembles a monstrous ox, and his boss fight during that form is a BullfightBoss. His legend materials are called "Rebellious Ox's Lightning". |
| 611 | * ArchEnemy: Kai Yan abhors Luca with every fiber of his being; given he destroyed the village the latter built, the feeling is very much mutual. |
| 612 | * BadVibrations: This guy is so massive that his footsteps cause the ground to tremor. |
| 613 | * BeardOfBarbarism: The only Agito with a beard much less visible facial hair (Volk & Tartarus's masks cover their mouths), and is a destructive warrior in spite of his Qilin nature. |
| 614 | * BerserkButton: |
| 615 | ** Having any form of weakness pretty much guarantees that Kai Yan will come after you with murderous intent. |
| 616 | ** Anyone who espouses interracial harmony (''especially'' Luca) is at the top of his kill list. |
| 617 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: The only thing Kai Yan values is strength, and anyone who doesn't live up to his ideal doesn't deserve to live. |
| 618 | * TheBrute: He is the physically largest one out of all the Agito besides Tartarus, and whose philosophy revolves around strength. |
| 619 | * CarryABigStick: He wields the Vajra Orb, a giant spiked mace in combat. |
| 620 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Volk. Volk hates the strong and hunts those with any sort of power, while Kai Yan hates the weak and takes it on himself to slaughter them. |
| 621 | * CynicismCatalyst: It is implied through the [[StoryBreadcrumbs details from his craftable Weapons]] that [[spoiler:a long time ago he once [[MirrorCharacter believed in true harmony and coexistence as Luca]] to the point that Kai Yan taught his brethren this path of peace himself. However, their inability to fight back against violence resulted in their deaths, warping Kai Yan's views on the strong surviving and the weak dying and "awakening" him to see himself as the "pinnacle of evolution" due to his strength]]. |
| 622 | * DeflectorShields: Adamantine Shield summons a barrier around himself that protects him from all damage and damages anyone who attacks him. It can be removed by attacking it enough or using a StatusBuffDispel. |
| 623 | * DubNameChange: His name in the Japanese version is Gaien. |
| 624 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: |
| 625 | ** His appearance in Chapter 15 has him murder a villager who was being attacked by a bandit, then immediately murdering the bandit afterwards, deeming both of them as too weak for his ideals. |
| 626 | ** His Agito Uprising introduction has him massacre everyone in Luca's village for the "sin" of interracial cohabilitation. |
| 627 | * EvilCounterpart: To Luca. While Luca wishes to create a world where people of all races can live in harmony, Kai Yan craves a world of bloodshed where only one race reigns supreme. |
| 628 | * EvilOldFolks: Though this may be attribtued to him being the only known male Qilin thus far, he has white hair with a long beard and has a fairly gruff voice. This matches up with Luca, who's much more youthful despite also being a member of the LongLived Sylvans. |
| 629 | * FantasticRacism: Subverted, actually. Though he really comes off as a RacistGrandpa, it's not necessarily the case; rather, he's an isolationist to the extreme. |
| 630 | * FieldPowerEffect: The main gimmick of his fight is his Battlefield buff that's permanently applied, being a yellow circle around him that boosts both damage taken and dealt by anyone in the ring. Those outside it will deal substantially less damage given his naturally higher defenses. |
| 631 | * FireballEyeballs: His right eye emits a golden flame in beast form. |
| 632 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: His right eye always has a yellow glow in human form. |
| 633 | * HadToBeSharp: Played with. His StartOfDarkness is the reason why he enforces a much more dark version of this trope, as his people were too passive to do anything about disaster that struck, leaving him with the scars of trying to never go through that by seeking out strength. |
| 634 | * HornsOfVillainy: Not that he can help it, given his species. They become full ox horns in his beast form. |
| 635 | * {{Hypocrite}}: For one who espouses survival of the fittest, he exploits an external artifact to amplify his power; this wouldn't be problematic if [[spoiler:he didn't throw a bitch fit at Jeanne d'Arc granting Luca her power]]. |
| 636 | * IHatePastMe: He blames and despises his past self for the deaths of his former brethren, as shown through the StoryBreadcrumbs from his Tier 2 craftable Weapons, to the extent that he sees his past self in all those who advocate for peace, escalating his desire to extinguish the weak further. |
| 637 | * LittleBitBeastly: He's a Qilin, and perhaps not only the largest one, but the most evil as well. |
| 638 | * OldMaster: He's the oldest looking of the Agito and has lived a long life as a Qilin; he's also honed his form to become incredibly powerful. |
| 639 | * OneHitKill: Failing to break the weak point on Crushing Cataclysm will kill whoever's trapped and anyone near them[[note]] on Expert, it is possible to survive this with a Life Shield, since the attack deals Max HP damage (so if Current HP+Life Shield>Max HP you live), but on Master and higher surviving it is no longer possible [[/note]]. |
| 640 | * OneWingedAngel: In Expert, after being brought down once, he becomes a [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaur]]. He skips straight to this in Master. |
| 641 | * RealMenEatMeat: It's his favorite, after all. |
| 642 | * RocketTagGameplay: His Battleground ability creates a permanent circular field around him that increases all damage that is dealt and received. While this allows his attacks to hit harder, properly using it will also cause him to go down more quickly (the buff from Battleground cancels out the damage reduction caused by Kai's above-average defense stat). |
| 643 | * TheSlowWalk: In Chapter 15, compared to Volk, Ciella, and Ayaha and Otoha who FlashStep, he just walks over. He does this too in every other scene he's in. In gameplay, his actual movement speed is noticeably slow compared to the other Agito, but his attacks let him cover much more ground instead. |
| 644 | * TheSocialDarwinist: He utterly believes that one race will rise above and wipe out the rest. The idea that different races might be able to live in harmony is laughable to him, destroying such a village Luca helped set up as an example. This is capped off by his espousing of "seeking further evolution" through his growth for more strength compared to those who live in peace. |
| 645 | -->''"I walk the path of evolution, your path is perversion!"'' |
| 646 | * SoreLoser: The bonus story unlocked after clearing all Expert Agito has him claim that Euden's group is still pathetic and weak, before Tartarus forces him to admit their strength. |
| 647 | * SpinAttack: One of his attacks involves swinging his mace by spinning in place. He will either remain stationary or slowly move around. |
| 648 | * StatusEffects: He can inflict Paralysis and Blindness, meaning only Gala Cleo, Gala Alex, Gala Chelle, and Gala Zethia are immune to both of his status effects. |
| 649 | * ThisCannotBe: |
| 650 | ** Like the other Agito, he quotes to this extent when his face is planted into the dirt. |
| 651 | --->''"There is nothing but destruction at the end of your path..."''\ |
| 652 | ''"Luca... you WILL fall..."''\ |
| 653 | ''"My flesh... it bursts..."'' (Master difficulty)\ |
| 654 | ''"I stand in the pinnacle... of evolution..."'' (Master difficulty)\ |
| 655 | ''"Eliminate! Eliminate! ELIMINAAATE!"'' (Legend difficulty) |
| 656 | ** He shits himself on the spot in Chapter 18 [[spoiler:when Jeanne d'Arc grants Luca her power, which he immediately turns on Kai Yan]]. |
| 657 | --->''"Hrk! N-no... y-you're supposed to be weak! How have you become so STRONG?!"'' |
| 658 | * TragicVillain: Kai Yan has one of the more sympathetic backstories among the Agito, [[spoiler:being once as idealistic as Luca in wanting peace and harmony among all races, but unfortunately, resulted in his people being slaughtered, completely twisting his ideals into something far more horrible.]] |
| 659 | * VerbalTic: Makes use of a lot of evolution-related terms or quotes, as seen in his battle intro. Fitting, given his [[TheSocialDarwinist ideals.]] |
| 660 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: His chest is exposed, forsaking any need for armor. |
| 661 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Aside from Ayaha and Otoha, who were PromotedToPlayable prior to the end, Kai Yan is the only member of agito to not appear during the finale and thus is the only member with no inferred survival.]] |
| 662 | * YouAreNotReady: He shouts this in his Expert battle as he [[VillainousBreakdown gets closer to defeat]]. |
| 663 | --> "You are lax! Weak! UNWORTHY!" |
| 664 | * YouWillNotEvadeMe: He can summon an unavoidable cage that traps the target in a small area and damages anyone that touches it. |
| 665 | [[/folder]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | [[folder:Ciella]] |
| 668 | The Agito of Water. Tropes for her can be found in the [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsRecruitable Recruitable Antagonists]] page. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[folder:Ayaha & Otoha]] |
| 672 | The Agito of Flame. Tropes for them can be found in the [[Characters/DragaliaLostAntagonistsRecruitable Recruitable Antagonists]] page. |
| 673 | [[/folder]] |
| 674 | |
| 675 | [[folder:Tartarus]] |
| 676 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tartarus_render.png]] |
| 677 | [[caption-width-right:350:We are Agito! The jaws of destruction left unto this world.]] |
| 678 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:The Vengeful One]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a2b7407f_cb86_46c9_a117_4adc85d45887.png I will trade all this world for the king's salvation![[/labelnote]]]] |
| 679 | ->''"Bear witness, O king..."''\ |
| 680 | '''Voiced by''' Creator/RyotaTakeuchi (Japanese), Luc Roderique (English)\ |
| 681 | '''Element:''' Shadow\ |
| 682 | '''Debut:''' Chapter 15 |
| 683 | |
| 684 | The Agito of Shadow. A Dragon who seeks revenge against the world for the death of his master Alberius. He detests those who spout justice. |
| 685 | ---- |
| 686 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Is the one of two Agito who is dark-skinned. |
| 687 | * AnimalMotifs: The lion. He is considered to be the top of Agito, and he worships Alberius like a pride of lions follows their leader. His beast form depicts him with a lion-like mane. His Legend materials are called "Rebellious Lion's Twilight". |
| 688 | * AntiRegeneration: While Hell's Brand is active, the party is unable to heal more than 1 HP at a time. |
| 689 | * ArchEnemy: Out of the main party, he shows the most disdain towards Cleo, as someone who lived alongside Alberius. |
| 690 | * ArtificialLimbs: His right arm in his base form is evidently one of his prosthetics. This extends to his right wing and leg as well in his beast form. |
| 691 | * BaldOfEvil: Downplayed, though he appears to have more of an Induction Cut than a lack of hair, he is no less evil because of it. The FlavorText of Rog Mol reveals that he ripped his horns off. |
| 692 | * BeamSpam: His base form can cast Void Ray, being portals that cast purple lasers that target up to two Adventurers. Their hitbox is larger while Relentless Rage is active. In his beast form, he'll fire three of them that covers 3/4ths of the arena. |
| 693 | * BerserkButton: Mentioning the concept of justice to him is pretty much guaranteed to set him off. |
| 694 | -->'''"JUSTICE?!''' '''''JUUUUUUSTICE?!?"''''' |
| 695 | * BlackKnight: Has bar none the most evil-looking armor compared to the rest of the cast. |
| 696 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: He utterly despises the whole world for "murdering" Alberius, believing that Alberius was forced to lay down his life for the sake of "justice," a concept which sickens him. By continuing to live their lives, Tartarus sees the world as ignorant and complicit in Alberius's death. |
| 697 | * BroughtDownToNormal: His ability, Steel-Forged Body, causes his attacks to drain the Dragon Gauge and instantly undo transformations or Dragondrive. It can even end a transformation in the middle of a Dragon Skill. |
| 698 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: When they're all gathered together, Tartarus is the one that has to keep the rest of the Agito on the topic of discussion and to add actual substance to their conversation. Compared to them, he can at least seem like he has some rationality to focus on important matters. |
| 699 | -->'''Tartarus:''' "Of course. That's how we've always been. If each of us accomplishes what must be done, there will be no interference."\ |
| 700 | '''Tartarus:''' "But what of...them?"\ |
| 701 | '''Ayaha:''' "What's there to say? They're puppets who know nothing of freedom."\ |
| 702 | '''Otoha:''' "That's right! Puppets with no idea if they even have free will or not!"\ |
| 703 | '''Ciella:''' "The little puppets playing in their little delusions... It's almost adorable!"\ |
| 704 | '''Kai Yan:''' "They are weak. Nothing more. And weakness must be culled."\ |
| 705 | '''Volk:''' "Yeah, they're a pathetic bunch, all right."\ |
| 706 | '''Tartarus:''' "It would appear we are in agreement: they possess strength enough that we ought to be wary of them."\ |
| 707 | '''Ciella:''' Were you even listening?"\ |
| 708 | '''Tartarus:''' "None here can ever find agreement, yet now you all steadfastly hold to the same belief. I find this most abnormal."\ |
| 709 | '''Tartarus:''' "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion I suspect something has occurred to give you pauseāperhaps a battle with a foe who proved to be your equals?]]"\ |
| 710 | '''Everyone else:''' "[[VillainHasAPoint ......]]" |
| 711 | * ConfusionFu: He has arguably the most gimmicks and things to keep track of between the Agito: This includes his several unique passives that either buff himself or hamper the party ([[AntiRegeneration Hell's Brand,]] [[ScratchDamage Fury of the Fallen,]] [[AntiDebuff Vengeful Spirit,]] [[ManaBurn Steel-Forged Body]] and [[TurnsRed Relentless Rage]]), four of which can only be truly removed by exactly one Adventurer (and one time each on higher difficulties) against a foe that, if not prepared for either Poison or Curse properly, will reduce your HP to 1 followed by a guaranteed-to-kill purple attack, ''heavy'' emphasis on positional coordination and timing with Dragon shapeshifts (accounting for Steel-Forged Body) compounded by who last used the aforementioned portals, thanks to the combination of Dimensional Shift and Punishment Waves (the pattern of which changes with each difficulty) among other moves, his attacks covering a large amount of range, a surprisingly speedy second phase, massive stats and being the Agito of Shadow means either being risky with going off-Element (up until Legend difficulty) or using the rather limited Light pool. |
| 712 | * {{Cyborg}}: He lost half of his body when the Five Greatwyrms put an end to his rampage. He was later given prosthetics from a man implied to be [[spoiler:Nedrick.]] |
| 713 | * DarkIsEvil: Being part of Agito and Shadow means he's very much this trope. He's also known as the Abyssalwyrm. |
| 714 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Tartarus is [[DraggedOffToHell dragged off to such a place,]] thanks to a fellow Shadow Dragon and another old servant of Alberius. It doesn't seem to last, though.]] |
| 715 | * DeathSeeker: Without Alberius around, he has no will to live - just that he'll punish everyone he deems responsible first. [[spoiler:He's not mad at all when Reborn Nidhogg takes him to the underworld, believing he'll be with Alberius once more.]] |
| 716 | * DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be his ultimate fate after his seeming death at the hands of Cleo and Reborn Nidhogg. [[UnexplainedRecovery Somehow, even this doesn't stop him from returning with the rest of Agito in the second part of the same chapter]].]] |
| 717 | * TheDragon: Implied to be this to [[spoiler:Nedrick]], given how he is the one who keeps the Agito in check whenever he isn't around. Bonus points for being a ''literal'' Dragon himself. |
| 718 | * DuelBoss: Tartarus will sometimes send a shadow of himself into a portal in the arena. Whoever enters the portal has to fight the shadow by themself while the rest of the party fights Tartarus. If the shadow is defeated, one of Tartarus's abilities will be disabled. Once an Adventurer enters a portal in Co-op, they cannot enter any others. |
| 719 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: He destroys several Mana Founts placed around Alberia, reducing the surrounding area to desolation, showing how he demands the destruction of the world as revenge for Alberius's death. |
| 720 | * EvilCounterpart: |
| 721 | ** Is the counterpart to Cleo. They both served under Alberius hundreds of years ago and are still alive in the present day. While Cleo strived to help Alberius's descendant bring peace to the world to honor his wish, Tartarus wants to take revenge on the world for the death of Alberius, scorning them for living while his master died. |
| 722 | ** He can also be seen as one to Chthonius, as they are both dragons who served Alberius and have been fiercely loyal to him. But where Chthonius decides to carry on Alberius' legacy through Euden, Tartarus decides to avenge Alberius by taking the world down with him. |
| 723 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He accepts his fate at the hands of Cleo and Nidhogg with the belief that he will be reuniting with Alberius, making him the first member of Agito to possibly die. Though, he's alive and well for the BossRush later in the same Chapter.]] |
| 724 | * FinalBoss: Acts as this for the "Agito Uprising", being the last person to be fought for each respective difficulty, as well as in the story. |
| 725 | * HeroWorshipper: He comments that Alberius was such a person that even his enemies were mesmerized by him. Of course, Tartarus also indulges in this trope... to a problematic degree, as the other examples here can easily attest. |
| 726 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He's outraged by the conceived idea that Alberius alone was forced to lay down his life for peace by the people.. so he, alone, sets out to avenge Alberius by destroying the world he died for. |
| 727 | * ImplacableMan: One of the oldest characters in the game, having fought alongside Alberius before going up against the Greatwyrms in their prime just to subdue his rampage, present-day having been modified with cybernetics to keep himself going. He also fights much of Euden's group in quick succession between two chapters, unwavering even compared to his fellow Agito. [[spoiler:Even when he's seemingly finally killed by [[DraggedOffToHell Reborn Nidhogg taking him to the underworld,]] [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist he shows up alive and well only a few parts later]] ''in the same Chapter.'']] |
| 728 | * {{Irony}}: Tartarus refuses to honor the sacrifice Alberius made to bring peace to the world, yet Alberius himself accepted the original Mym sacrificing herself to save his life. |
| 729 | * LaserBlade: Wields what is basically a Lightsaber. |
| 730 | * LaughingMad: He breaks down into deranged laughter when Cleo says that Alberius laid down his life for the sake of [[BerserkButton justice.]] |
| 731 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If the name Tartarus isn't threatening, his title is the Abyssalwyrm. |
| 732 | * NoSell: While Vengeful Spirit is active, Tartarus is immune to {{Status Buff Dispel}}s. |
| 733 | * ThePowerOfHate: His hatred against the world that he feels cast aside King Alberius's sacrifice is what drives him. |
| 734 | * PreFinalBoss: Sort of. [[spoiler:As the last Agito fought, he's the final opponent before Euden and his group ascend further up the Sacred Tree to face their leader, Nedrick.]] |
| 735 | * PrepareToDie: His Master rank intro statements both declare his murderous intent, but one goes further than the other. |
| 736 | -->''"Still your hearts and meet ruin, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt for the world will soon join you]]."'' |
| 737 | * PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: He blames the whole world for the death of his master and so works toward the destruction of the world. The StoryBreadcrumbs in the description for the Light Agito Weapons imply that he also blames himself for failing to protect Alberius and plans to kill himself last. |
| 738 | * RealMenWearPink: The [[BlackKnight frightening]] [[DarkIsEvil Abyssalwyrm's]] favorite food? Pancakes. |
| 739 | * RedBaron: He is known as the Abyssalwyrm. |
| 740 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: He himself is named after the Greek underworld. |
| 741 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Luca accuses him of essentially treating [[spoiler:Nedrick]] as this. Tartarus denounces such, claiming it as just him repaying his debt in exchange for the power he gave him, specifically saying he doesn't ''serve'' him like he does with Alberius. |
| 742 | * SenselessSacrifice: How Tartarus views Alberius's sacrifice to grant peace to his kingdom, to which he concluded that Alberius wasn't truly willing to sacrifice his life for the people, but more so forced by the expectations of his citizens as a result of what he sees as a {{Martyrdom Culture}} that revolves around their idea of heroism, motivating him to take revenge upon the world for embracing such expectations. |
| 743 | * SeriesContinuityError: The first confrontation with Tartarus takes place after Chapter 15, but the dialogue contradicts the sequence order. |
| 744 | * StatusEffects: Is able to cause both Curse and Poison, meaning only Gala Euden, Gala Zena, Mana Spiralled Luca, Ilia, Gala Luca, Gala Audric, and Valyx are immune to both of his status effects. He can also inflict Fury of the Fallen to lower maximum damage to 999, 99, or 9 depending on how many stacks there are. |
| 745 | * StatusBuff: Tartarus can grant himself Relentless Rage to strengthen his abilities. Since it's considered a buff, it can be removed by a StatusBuffDispel, but only if Vengeful Spirit isn't active. |
| 746 | * {{Weredragon}}: Is the only Agito who is a Dragon, taking a human form not unlike Mym/Brunhilda. |
| 747 | * ThisCannotBe: |
| 748 | -->''"You would trample upon the soul of your king, Cleo?!"''\ |
| 749 | ''"Is a world without a king not a world bound for ruin?"''\ |
| 750 | ''"The world was saved, yet the king was not..."'' (Master difficulty)\ |
| 751 | ''"W-why did you leave us, O king...?"'' (Master difficulty)\ |
| 752 | ''"O, my king... My king... MY KIIIIIIIING!"'' (Legend difficulty) |
| 753 | * TragicVillain: As ruthless and frightening as he is, being someone called the "Abyssalwyrm", he clearly and truly loved Alberius, and seeing Alberius sacrifice himself for the sake of the world did not do wonders for his sanity. |
| 754 | * TurnsRed: More notable with him than the other Agito, as he activates Relentless Rage with more and more frequency as his health gets lower, and with already the most visibly different moveset while he's losing. |
| 755 | * VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler:After fighting the party in Chapter 19, he tells them that they will face ruin if they dare to ascend the Sacred Tree before withdrawing via one of his portals.]] |
| 756 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Tartarus goes from despising Cleo to begging her for Alberius' words when he learns from Nidhogg that she conversed with the soul of the late king. She answers his question before they eradicate him.]] |
| 757 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is the only Agito that cannot be fought in "Enter the Kaleidoscape" whatsoever. |
| 758 | * YouWillNotEvadeMe: He can use Dimensional Shift to trap someone, which can only be escaped by transforming, using Dragondrive, someone else transforming near the victim, or getting hit by a Dragon Skill, including beneficial ones like Cupid's heal. If the prison isn't escaped in time, the victim will instantly die. On the flip side, getting trapped by Dimensional Shift also protects the target from all of Tartarus's attacks and even protects allies who stand behind them, which is sometimes necessary to survive his more dangerous attacks. |
| 759 | [[/folder]] |
| 760 | |
| 761 | !North Grastaea Ilian Church |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [[folder:Origa]] |
| 764 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/origa_render.png]] |
| 765 | |
| 766 | ->'''Debut:''' Chapter 17\ |
| 767 | '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiwaSaito (Japanese), April Telek (English) |
| 768 | |
| 769 | The Auspex of the Ilian Church of North Grastaea. She has an interest in Euden and his party. |
| 770 | \ |
| 771 | Tropes for her redeemed playable self can be found in [[Characters/DragaliaLostMainCharacters Main Characters]]. |
| 772 | ---- |
| 773 | * AnimalMotifs: The butterfly similar to the Agito, Ayaha and Otoha, as well as Meene. She has butterfly wings on her staff as well as on her back and head on her person. |
| 774 | * BadBoss: She orders the church templar captain to be severely punished when the king's soldiers interfere with their work and threatens to do the same to Graht. |
| 775 | * CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:She's the Cain to Regina's Abel. It's downplayed, however, as Origa holds no actual ill will towards her stepsister, and was genuinely happy to see her one last time before she would become Satan's vessel.]] |
| 776 | * EvilCounterpart: To Zethia. Both of them are Auspexes, yet while Zethia works for harmony, Origa works for power. |
| 777 | * FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Her ultimate fate is having her soul being sealed alongside Satan, leaving her body indefinitely comatose. Her stepsister Regina swears to find a way to save her from her cruel fate.]] |
| 778 | * GodJob: As being the Auspex following Ilia's footsteps. |
| 779 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Her soul is sealed alongside Satan, leaving her body an EmptyShell, but she is stated to have a peaceful smile on her face.]] |
| 780 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:In the end of Faith Forsaken, she meets Euden for the first time in person and sincerely apologizes for having hounded him during his time in Grams, admitting her jealousy over his ability to form many dragonpacts so easily.]] |
| 781 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:She believes that harnessing Satan's power will help to stop the Progenitor. When one considers that Harle's Adventurer Story reveals that her accomplice Loki is a creation of the Progenitor, it's easy to see just how wrong she is. Sure enough, she is engulfed by Satan instead of being able to control his power.]] |
| 782 | * HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:She was intended to be among the 666 sacrifices meant to resurrect Satan, but it turns out she intended for herself to be the vessel for Satan all along, in an effort to harness its power to stop the Progenitor.]] |
| 783 | * IdiotHair: She has two antenna-like hair. |
| 784 | * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:It's all but outright stated she's this to Basileus. As Basileus kept talking with her, he fell in love with her, and Origa later came to reciprocate those feelings, but with the events of ''Faith Forsaken'' and Origa's fate in the end, it was not meant to be.]] |
| 785 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: She has red eyes giving her an ominous vibe. |
| 786 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: The reason she wanted the power of Satan is to go against the Progenitor. After she became the Auspex of the North Ilian Church of Grams, she saw a vision of what a world under his control would be.]] |
| 787 | [[/folder]] |
| 788 | |
| 789 | [[folder:Graht]] |
| 790 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/graht_render.png]] |
| 791 | |
| 792 | ->'''Debut:''' Agents of the Goddess\ |
| 793 | '''Voiced by:''' Susumu Akagi (Japanese voiceover only) |
| 794 | |
| 795 | A cardinal of the Ilian church of North Grastaea and follower of Origa. |
| 796 | ---- |
| 797 | * BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:He ultimately shapes up to this as his goal was mere world domination, for which everyone else in the conspiracy mocks him for coming up with such a banal goal before backstabbing him.]] |
| 798 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He appears in the epilogue of "Agents of the Goddess" before being introduced as the number two man to the North Grastaean Auspex. |
| 799 | * TheManBehindTheMan: The end of Chapter 17 implies he's this to HARLE of all people. That also makes him the GreaterScopeVillain to the wroth disaster in "Agents of the Goddess". |
| 800 | * TheStarscream: Graht has plans to overthrow Origa and take over the church with Harle's help. Little does he know that Harle is planning to betray him too. [[spoiler:Come the climax of "Faith Forsaken", Basileus and "Harle" (Loki) shove the knives into his spine first.]] |
| 801 | * UnwittingPawn: For all his scheming to usurp Origa and rule the world with Satan's power, [[spoiler:he is used as a vessel for Asura to attack the Apostles and the Archangels. If he lives, the most direct obstacle to Satan's resurrection is eliminated; if he loses, he's merely the 666th sacrifice required for the resurrection]]. |
| 802 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:On the receiving end of this by not just Basileus, but by Loki as well. Also a literal example, as he was sacrifice number 666.]] |
| 803 | [[/folder]] |
| 804 | |
| 805 | !Sinister Dominion |
| 806 | A group of demons that were sealed inside [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan copies of the archangels]]. However, time has caused the vessels to become corrupted and act out the demons' will. On Expert difficulty, the demon will break out of their vessel and unveil their true power. |
| 807 | |
| 808 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 809 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/promotionalart_third_anniversary_countdown_illustration__5.png]] |
| 810 | [[caption-width-right:350:Rise of the Sinister Dominion\ |
| 811 | [[labelnote:Left to right]][[TheAloner Iblis]], [[DespairEventHorizon Surtr]], [[DarkMessiah Jaldabaoth]], [[BloodKnight Asura]], and [[TheHedonist Lilith]].[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 812 | |
| 813 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: While prior antagonists were varying levels of sympathetic, the Archdemons are all callously evil. |
| 814 | * BarrierChangeBoss: On Master difficulty, the demons will change elements mid-fight after losing around half of their health, requiring the party facing them to switch out with another in reserve. Legend difficulty does this too, but having the order swapped. Choose your teams wisely. |
| 815 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: They're this to the Agito. Like them, their characters primarily revolve around the philosophies they preach. However, the Agito are all varying levels of mad, having discarded their various prior identities to become who they are today, their personal ideologies having been acquired due to the injustices they've experienced that they earnestly believe they're doing good in the world for. The Archdemons all come from the same origin, are the same species, and while they too believe their ideologies are what's best, they're overtly demonstrably negative, such as Asura's HumansAreWarriors belief, on top of the Sinister Dominion being [[AlwaysChaoticEvil unquestionably evil.]] |
| 816 | * DegradedBoss: [[spoiler:A bit of a downplayed case, but Satan summons Demonic Entities in the forms of Lilith, Jaldabaoth and Iblis during the second portion of his boss fight.]] |
| 817 | * DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:Though Satan has been sealed once more, the Sinister Dominion are confirmed to still be active, even with their link to him severed.]] |
| 818 | * EvilTwin: Each demon in the dominion [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan is sealed inside copies of the archangels]]. [[LeakingCanOfEvil Said vessel has become corrupted from holding them]] to the point where they essentially become a part of the demon. In the cases of Gabriel, Uriel and Michael, their elements are changed to their respective hosts' primary element, which the opposing Archangel is weak to, e.g. the Wind Element Michael being turned into the Fire Element Fallen Michael thanks to being a host to Surtr. |
| 819 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: The one unifing physical trait between the Archdemons is they have some accessory or part of them in gold, and they are some of the most powerful entities in the story as [[spoiler:fragments of Satan]]. |
| 820 | * HealingFactor: Part of what makes them so hard to put down. Their miasma gives them energy as they spread to people which enables them to regenerate and heal, but the true problem is that this energy is ''shared'' between all five of them [[spoiler:and Satan, especially when he's freed.]] As such, the solution that lasted for many years was sealing them in copies of the Archangels. [[spoiler:Satan's death and thus the severing of their link to him is somewhat implied to disable this.]] |
| 821 | ** [[spoiler:They themselves are a product of Satan's own regenerative abilities, the Archdemons springing forth from the pieces of his body that were divided and scattered across the land.]] |
| 822 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "Judgement Day" plays during each fight in Rise of the Sinister Dominion. |
| 823 | * OneWingedAngel: The demons act as this to the archangel vessels on Expert difficulty. |
| 824 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: They're each named after different religious demonic entities. |
| 825 | * SevenDeadlySins: Even though there are 5 of them, Each of the demons corresponds with a deadly sin or two. |
| 826 | ** Lilith: Gluttony and Lust. Fitting with her candy theme, she's a sadistic hedonist who always wants more out of anything that she does, getting a twisted desire out of making others suffer. |
| 827 | ** Jaldabaoth: Sloth and Pride. Seeks to lead people back to their "original path" and follow him blindly. His influence causes people to forget all of their problems and only follow him. |
| 828 | ** Asura: Wrath and Lust. She is the most destructive out of all the demons and always looking for a good battle. Her influence causes people to mindlessly harm others for the thrill of it. |
| 829 | ** Iblis: Envy and Pride. He is the most boastful of his strength and beauty and looks down at everyone as weaklings. His influence causes people to destroy the weak and only live by themselves. |
| 830 | ** Surtr: Greed and Sloth via Despair. He is a being that only seeks his own destruction and has no belief in the world he lives in. His miasma causes others to kill themselves through losing their belief as well, and his influence on Michael has him steal others' time and attention to focus on killing him. |
| 831 | * ShadowArchetype: The Fallen Angels, being [[EvilKnockoff Evil Knockoffs]] of their respective Archangels, are also dark mirrors of them. |
| 832 | ** Ramiel, reserved and cynical he may be, gradually started to look past his former view on humans and become more willing to work with them while remaining dutiful. Fallen Angel Ramiel held humans in even worse contempt over time, a sadistic maniac who solely wants to fulfill his new goal of releasing Lilith from himself. |
| 833 | ** Gabriel's motherly and nurturing personality is aimed to help guide those under her service, sometimes overbearing but never going too far and usually with their best wishes in mind, and even willing to let them grow indepenent. Fallen Angel Gabriel corrupts people into blindly worshipping her as she enables them to run rampant and free with their dark urges, mockingly sweet with her words to the people she only views as violent monsters. |
| 834 | ** Raphael's a free spirited individual who's happy to get her hands dirty, but all the same is she a friendly, highly upbeat individual who fights for those in need that values their treatment as much as their readiness to fight. Fallen Angel Raphael is a PsychopathicManchild of a BloodKnight that believes she's only giving a "kick in the pants" to humans and their nature as primal, single-minded barbarians, that conflict in itself is purpose and to avoid such is to decay. |
| 835 | ** Uriel has a history of running his Apostles through the ringer with his strict training and constant grading measurements due to his perfectionist nature, yet he puts himself to the same standard, acknowledges the power inherent to kindness, friendship and mutual understanding of one another, and learned to attain the latter bit through constructive means. Fallen Angel Uriel is absurdly arrogant in both his strength and the belief that one needs only themselves to attain perfection and power, and to assert their superiority over others as worms beneath their feet. |
| 836 | ** Michael always has a level head no matter who he is with or what the situation may be, serving as a guiding figure to Basileus in times of moral dilemma and his loyalty to his Apostle proving so great that it would have him join him in the plan to revive Satan, and [[spoiler:sacrificing himself briefly to protect Basileus, having full faith he'd eventually have a change of heart as Michael urged him to, beyond any initial reasoning of wanting to seek redemption]]. Fallen Angel Michael plays off this, barely lucid compared to the other fully-converted Fallen Angels and in a perpetual state of both madness from boredom with no attachments to anything, and total suffering, begging only for death as his salvation yet unable to find such when those afflicted by Surtr's miasma kill themselves before they can react properly. |
| 837 | * StatusBuffDispel: Introduced the Curse of Nihility mechanic, which can dispel buffs on Adventurers, throwing a monkey wrench into several compositions, most prominently including Double buff-centric teams. |
| 838 | * {{Superboss}}: Their legend difficulty battles serve as such with their rewards being upgrade materials and summon vouchers as well as Surtr's fight coming out after the main story has concluded. |
| 839 | * VillainsOutShopping: Their Third Anniversary illustration has them gathered at a festival or parade. Jaldabaoth is summoning pink flowers from his tome, Lilith is surrounded in candy, Asura is holding up the banners, and Iblis brought a black rose with him. Notably, this was also [[EarlyBirdCameo the first appearance of Surtr]], months before he'd debut in either ''Faith Forsaken'' or his actual quests. |
| 840 | [[/folder]] |
| 841 | |
| 842 | [[folder:Lilith]] |
| 843 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lilith_32.png]] |
| 844 | [[caption-width-right:350:Ugh. Would you please all die already?]] |
| 845 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Fallen Angel Ramiel]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/210132_03_base_portrait.png "Sink into the turbulent dark!"[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 846 | ->''"I'm released! Now behold my true self!"''\ |
| 847 | '''Primary Element:''' Shadow\ |
| 848 | '''Secondary Element:''' Flame |
| 849 | |
| 850 | The Shadow/Flame-Element member of the Dominion who was sealed inside of a replica of Ramiel long ago. |
| 851 | ---- |
| 852 | * AndIMustScream: Evidently the most beat up about her many long years sealed inside an Archangel, noting how excited she is to be free and one of her defeat quotes having her practically begging to not return to that state again. |
| 853 | * CasualDangerDialogue: Most of her battle quotes have her play off the opposing party as a rather unimpressive bunch of weaklings with a lax tone of voice, wondering if they have what it takes to entertain her. |
| 854 | * CrystalPrison: A fittingly candy-themed one that can seal an Adventurer and, if not broken quick enough by someone else, will deal gigantic damage to them. This is the move she uses to (almost) dispatch Ayaha & Otoha, before they break out themselves. |
| 855 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Don't be fooled by Lilith's unimpressive HP totals. She has above-average defense [[note]] 15 compared to the 10 for most bosses. Crunching the numbers equates to a ''50%'' increase in bulk[[/note]] and with adjustment, Co-op ''Expert'' totals '''38 million''' health[[note]] includes Fallen Ramiel's HP since both must be defeated to clear the quest[[/note]]. |
| 856 | ** When Co-op Master finally dropped, the numbers were no more pleasant. With adjustment, Lilith clocks in at '''39.75 million''' health in addition to her significantly more deadly offensive repertoire. |
| 857 | ** Her Trials of the Mighty version practically DOUBLE!! the HP her Master version already has! On Co-Op Master, she has '''67 million''' HP, and it's all her this time! |
| 858 | * DiagonalCut: [[spoiler:Euden treats her to this to save his friends in ''Advent of the Origin''. With Satan having been sacrificed to Bahamut, this seems to be a final sentencing for her.]] |
| 859 | ** [[spoiler:However, whether it was truly her is ambiguous, as the same protean being had quickly cycled through the shapes of Elysium and Morsayati before settling on that of Lilith, due to the pocket realmās instability.]] |
| 860 | * EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:She shows herself to be such in comparison to Ayaha and Otoha. When she and Otoha break off their VillainousFriendship, Otoha is content with simply turning the other way and leaving. Lilith, on the other hand, would rather kill Otoha slowly and painfully with sadistic glee. She even tells Otoha how greedy demons like her are before attempting to do such.]] |
| 861 | * EvilTwin: Her vessel is one to Ramiel. Unlike Otherworld Ramiel, who is of the opposite element, Fallen Angel Ramiel is the same element, but desires to abandon his task of keeping Lilith sealed due to her influence on him. |
| 862 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Almost always talks casually about everything, almost sweet at times, which only really highlights just how cruel Lilith is. |
| 863 | * GlassCannon: Subverted. While she has the lowest health pool on average of the Archdemons, she also has the highest defense on average and a passive ability to tank and destroy off-Element Adventurers while her wings are up. She still hits like a truck either way you put it, and moves around the arena quite a bit. |
| 864 | * GatheringSteam: Fallen Ramiel and Lilith both gradually build attack power as the fight goes on, meaning you must repeatedly dispel her if you plan on surviving. |
| 865 | * TheHedonist: Lilith is often referred to as the Archdemon of Pleasure, and acts like a bored young girl who really needs some thrills; these thrills generally being acts of sadism and cruelty, performed freely and without anything to stop her from indulging in what she wants. |
| 866 | * IllKillYou: She might say this after being defeated. |
| 867 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: She was already interested in [[spoiler:Otoha]] compared to every other human going off of her being [[InsanityImmunity so insane that her miasma had no effect on her]]. But the sealing deal? |
| 868 | -->[[spoiler:'''Otoha:''']] "There's something wrong with the adults who scold us for just breaking a toy. We have to make them understand."\ |
| 869 | '''Lilith:''' "Okay, so how would you do that, exactly?"\ |
| 870 | [[spoiler:'''Otoha:''']] "I'll tear off their limbs so they can't cross me again. Then I'll rend their hearts by destroying what's dear to them so they can't even get angry anymore."\ |
| 871 | '''Lilith:''' "Oh, I like you. I like you a LOT." |
| 872 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Satan's death in ''Advent of the Origin'' likely disables the Sinister Dominion from regenerating so freely, and not long after does Euden cut her down.]] |
| 873 | * MagicStaff: When Lilith is unleashed, she fights with a winged staff that can perform magical and physical attacks. Breaking the wings will cause some of her unavoidable purple [=AoE=] attacks to turn into avoidable red ones. |
| 874 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: Lilith's appearance is akin to that of a corrupted angel. |
| 875 | * {{Sadist}}: Just listen to her talk; she enjoys making people suffer. |
| 876 | -->"So, let's try for a little more agony this time, 'kay?"\ |
| 877 | "If you maggots make fun of me, I'll choke ya with your own guts!!"\ |
| 878 | "Ooh, ooh! I wanna see more pain on your face! Give it to me!" |
| 879 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Lilith had been imprisoned in a replica of Ramiel for years. However, after so long, the copy ended up becoming corrupted by her until all he desired was to set her free. |
| 880 | * SlasherSmile: Fallen Angel Ramiel cracks one a little before being fought. |
| 881 | * StatusEffects: They inflict Curse while attuned to Shadow and Stun while attuned to Flame. |
| 882 | * SuddenlyVoiced: When Lilith was first released, Fallen Angel Ramiel didn't have any voiced lines at all in English. When Asura was added, he got some of his lines voiced, but they were recycled from Otherworld Ramiel. A later update then replaced them with brand new lines. |
| 883 | * SweetTooth: Lilith has several candy-themed attacks, such as Candy Shower, Crossing Candy, and Sugarcoated Sadism. |
| 884 | -->'''Lilith:''' You all loooove candy, right? |
| 885 | * TeensAreMonsters: Acts like a standoffish and cruel teenage girl who can hardly take anything seriously. |
| 886 | * ThisCannotBe: |
| 887 | ** As Ramiel. |
| 888 | -->"Impossible!" |
| 889 | ** As Lilith. |
| 890 | -->"Nooooo! I don't WANNA go back there!"\ |
| 891 | "I'll kill you for this! Angels! People! I'll kill you ALL!" |
| 892 | * VillainousFriendship: [[spoiler:Briefly develops one with Otoha. It doesn't last long as the two quickly get bored of one another and Lilith decides to kill her shortly after.]] |
| 893 | * VillainousGlutton: In theme with her love for indulging in pleasures, she also is themed around candy and is frequently holding a lollipop. |
| 894 | * WhamShot: [[spoiler:Her appearance at the end of the first part of Ayaha & Otoha's Adventurer Story is this.]] |
| 895 | * WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver: Both Lilith and her vessel has a red and white color scheme, and they both display extremely malicious intentions. |
| 896 | [[/folder]] |
| 897 | |
| 898 | [[folder:Jaldabaoth]] |
| 899 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/100049_01_base_portrait.png]] |
| 900 | [[caption-width-right:350:Worms who reject truth should die gruesome deaths.]] |
| 901 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Fallen Angel Gabriel]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dl_fallen_angel_gabriel.png "Naptime is over!"[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 902 | ->''"Fall before me and worship my true form!"''\ |
| 903 | '''Primary Element:''' Wind\ |
| 904 | '''Secondary Element:''' Water |
| 905 | |
| 906 | The Wind/Water-Element member of the Dominion who had been imprisoned inside of a copy of Gabriel. |
| 907 | ---- |
| 908 | * AntiFrustrationFeatures: Void Agni lacks Skill Resistance & Scorching Air while Void Nidhogg lacks Ranged Resistance & Enervation, which is greatly helpful given it'd make them ''much'' harder to kill, and Fire & Wind Adventurers are unable to get the Weapon Abilities that make them immune to Scorching Air & Enervation, unlike Petrify Resistance on the former for Catoblepas Anemos. |
| 909 | * BigNo: Fallen Angel Gabriel screams this on the easy difficulty. |
| 910 | * BlasphemousBoast: Jaldabaoth likens himself to a guiding, divine force for humanity to follow, and even looks like something pretending to be a holy force. [[AsTheGoodBookSays He even references passages in the Bible,]] but distorting them to match a cruel being like himself. |
| 911 | * CondescendingCompassion: Fallen Angel Gabriel speaks with this tone 24/7. |
| 912 | * DarkMessiah: Jaldabaoth is the Archdemon who looks the most like a god, and whose modus operandi is to lay down ''his'' law upon humans to guide them to the "truth": that humans are vile, evil beings by nature, and that they should accept, embrace and indulge in their desires and urges. His miasma adds to this, corrupting those afflicted into blindly worshipping him. |
| 913 | -->'''Jaldabaoth:''' The nature of living creatures is evil. Thievery and murder beget life. It is laughable in the extreme to turn away from this truth and stifle one's desires. Miserable humanity has forgotten the rightful way of life, and thus shall I adopt a direct hand in guiding them. Thou shalt obey mine code, and steal from thy neighbor. Thou shalt obey mine code, and slay thy neighbor. Cling to me, worship me on highā I, who guide you bearing only truth. |
| 914 | * DemiurgeArchetype: Named after the one and only, and acts true to source material as a demon who makes people blindly worship him like sheep as a god of absolute law and truth, and to let them run wild with vice. |
| 915 | * DrawAggro: Weaponized. Fallen Angel Gabriel and Jaldabaoth can apply Marked to an Adventurer, making them a more common target for attacks from either the Archdemon or the summoned enemies. |
| 916 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Fallen Angel Gabriel had been used in "Divine Deception" |
| 917 | * EvilMatriarch: Their form as Fallen Angel Gabriel is this, even being called "Mama." For differences sake, she carries a book in her lap while the playable one has an Egg Pinon doll. Throughout the fight, she treats the party like naughty children who need to be punished. |
| 918 | -->'''Fallen Angel Gabriel:''' Grrr... you would ''dare'' raise a hand to your Mama?! Naughty children! Naughty naughty naughty NAUGHTY '''NAUGHTY CHILDREN! HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MUCH MAMA LOVES YOU?!''' |
| 919 | * EvilTwin: His vessel is one to Gabriel. Just like Otherworld Gabriel, Fallen Angel Gabriel is of the wind-element. |
| 920 | * FlunkyBoss: His main gimmick is to summon as many mooks as possible, with more powerful enemies being summoned when he is released |
| 921 | ** As Gabriel, they call in goblins, shadows the resemble Pinon, and Catoblepas Anemos. Hope you brought your Petrification resistance! |
| 922 | ** As Jaldabaoth, they still call in goblins, but also calls in Void Agni and Void Nidhogg, without their bonus effects thankfully. Jaldabaoth will sacrifice his minions if they aren't defeated in time to power up an unavoidable OneHitKill. |
| 923 | * AGodAmI: Jaldabaoth demands that people worship him. |
| 924 | * HatePlague: As Gabriel, they warp people into killing others because "Mama" said so. |
| 925 | * HumansAreBastards: Once Jaldabaoth is freed from Gabriel, he considers this to be their nature and to embrace it. |
| 926 | * NoCureForEvil: Averted; one of Fallen Gabriel's skills heals everyone present, including herself, unless you break a weak point three times over. Jaldabaoth can do the same, except his requires four breaks. Hope you readied some skills in advance! |
| 927 | * PitifulWorms: Jaldabaoth frequently calls the party worms, as a sign of just how little he thinks of humanity. |
| 928 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Jaldabaoth spent a long time sealed within a replica of Gabriel. Eventually, his influence caused the replica to act just like him by corrupting humans into committing crimes until she and him were one in the same with Fallen Angel Gabriel calling herself Jaldabaoth after remembering during the first fight against them. |
| 929 | * SpellBook: Both of them fight using magic tomes. Jaldabaoth's first tome summons Void Agni, and the second evokes Void Nidhogg. You can break them to stop the summoning, but they must be summoned before you can, and he is invulnerable until they are killed. |
| 930 | * StatusEffects: They inflict Sleep while attuned to Wind and Bog while attuned to Water. |
| 931 | * ThisCannotBe: |
| 932 | ** As Gabriel. |
| 933 | --->"Nooo! I'm dying!"\ |
| 934 | "Me?! Lose to babies like YOU?!" |
| 935 | ** As Jaldabaoth. |
| 936 | --->"I am truth! I am absolute!"\ |
| 937 | "You worms refuse the truth!" |
| 938 | * TotalPartyKill: Jaldabaoth's summons have their souls sucked into his book, regardless of its state, after a period of time, and each has a different 'weight' to them; Void Dragons are worth more than goblins. The counter beneath his life bar indicates the weight tolerance left before Absolute Law is cast, which results in this. |
| 939 | -->''"In the name of my law, I sentence you to death."'' |
| 940 | ** Legend adds a second layer to this, as he summons two scales at the start, one raising the weight, but healing adventurers and cleansing debuffs, while the other lowers the weight, but can only be used 5 times before it wipes the party. This makes Legend difficulty a very difficult balancing act of tome weight vs damage. |
| 941 | [[/folder]] |
| 942 | |
| 943 | [[folder:Asura]] |
| 944 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/100050_01_base_portrait.png]] |
| 945 | [[caption-width-right:350:Power is plenary, and mine shall role over you like calamity.]] |
| 946 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Fallen Angel Raphael]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/210154_03_base_portrait.png "It's time to play!"[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 947 | ->''"Power arbitrates. Submit."''\ |
| 948 | '''Primary Element:''' Light\ |
| 949 | '''Secondary Element:''' Wind |
| 950 | The Light/Wind-Element member of the Dominion who was imprisoned inside a copy of Raphael. |
| 951 | ---- |
| 952 | * AntiRegeneration: Downplayed; destroying the enlightenment orbs she summons inflicts a buff that increases strength but prevents LifeDrain abilities from working. Regular healing and regen still work, though. |
| 953 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Compared to the other archdemons, Asura is ''huge,'' being the size of a raid boss that takes up nearly half the screen, with even the next largest Archdemon, Surtr, hardly even matching up to her. |
| 954 | * BarrierChangeBoss: An inverted case. Swapping between which face she's set to her primary one changes what offensive buffs she gets. |
| 955 | ** Face of Nothingness applies Curse of Nihility to her attacks. |
| 956 | ** Face of Sadness lets her attacks inflict Creeping Corrosion. |
| 957 | ** Face of Anger, every 10 seconds while it's up, gives her a 20% Strength buff that lasts 20 seconds. |
| 958 | * BloodKnight: So much so that she loves getting other people in a fighting mood if it means she gets to beat up on them, and she absolutely hates pacifism. |
| 959 | -->'''Fallen Angel Raphael:''' Let's play! Let's fight! LET'S SLAUGHTER EACH OTHER! |
| 960 | * BulletHell: Asura fills the area with tons of [[UnblockableAttack purple attacks]] thanks to her enlightenment orbs, and she can restrict the field even more by creating a ring of damaging terrain. |
| 961 | * DamageSpongeBoss: The game is no stranger to bosses with HP in the millions, but Asura takes the cake at a whopping '''62 million''' on Master difficulty[[labelnote:*]]Co-op inflates it to a more absurd '''''102 million'''''[[/labelnote]]. Were it not for the [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Enlightenment Orbs]] that constantly spawn, you'd run the clock out before you could take her down. |
| 962 | ** To really drive the message home, her Master difficulty Trials version has the most HP of them all at 162,151,357 over co-op, her Legend difficulty version is at 285,000,000 over co-op, and her Omega Level 3 Raid during "Faith Forsaken" has the most HP of any enemy that can be beaten (thus excluding [[ScoringPoints Satan's Nightmare Raid]] and [[InvincibleMinorMinion Jinlorda]]) ''period'' at a gargantuan '''''387,962,500 HP.''''' |
| 963 | * DeathOfAThousandCuts: Compared to other endgame bosses, most of Asura's attacks aren't that damaging against a sufficiently prepared player, so she unleashes a ton of purple attacks to rack up damage instead. |
| 964 | * EvilTwin: Her fallen angel vessel is a copy of Raphael. |
| 965 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: While the enlightenment orbs she summons can aid her in battle, destroying them will increase the team's strength. Fallen Angel Raphael [[NiceJobFixingItVillain actually]] ''[[NiceJobFixingItVillain tells]]'' [[NiceJobFixingItVillain you this]] on account of her saying [[BloodKnight it'd be more fun]]. |
| 966 | * HumansAreWarriors: In line with her BloodKnight philosophy, she believes humans are born fighting from the moment of birth and to do less is to degenerate. |
| 967 | * LightIsNotGood: Her set of missions are titled "Asura's Blinding Light", is the Light Element Archdemon with a white, yellow and blue palette, and is sealed in a copy of the Light Element Archangel, Raphael. |
| 968 | * MaskOfPower: Each of Asura's masks grants her a different ability. |
| 969 | * MechanicalAbomination: Asura is a very formidable archdemon, and the most robotic-looking of the Sinister Dominion. |
| 970 | * MoodSwinger: Her masks not only show what stance she's in, but alter her personality. She switches between cold emptiness, bitter lamentation, or psychopathic rage. |
| 971 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Asura has six arms and is an all-powerful demon. |
| 972 | * PivotalBoss: Of a sort. She's a massive target and doesn't move from the middle of the arena at all, but her (almost literal) attack patterns cover a massive amount of area, especially so on harder difficulties. |
| 973 | * PsychopathicManchild: Fallen Angel Raphael comes across as one, since she treats her brutal fights like a game. |
| 974 | * StanceSystem: On Expert and Master, Asura can change masks to alter her attacks. |
| 975 | * StationaryBoss: Asura doesn't move from the center of the arena at all during her fight. |
| 976 | * StatusBuffDispel: In addition to the Curse of Nihility (via Accursed Shackles), Fallen Raphael and Asura both use Strength Suppression periodically to wipe away your Enlightenment Orb buffs. |
| 977 | * StatusEffects: She can inflict paralysis while attuned to Light and Sleep while attuned to Wind. |
| 978 | * ThisCannotBe: |
| 979 | ** As Raphael. |
| 980 | --->"No way... I'm the one who broke?"\ |
| 981 | "No! I hate this! I wanted to fight more!" |
| 982 | ** As Asura. |
| 983 | --->"No... I sought more..."\ |
| 984 | "My fury and ire are unsated!" |
| 985 | * VocalEvolution: Fallen Angel Raphael's lines originally sounded violent and intense, but a later update made her sound more childish and crazy. |
| 986 | [[/folder]] |
| 987 | |
| 988 | [[folder:Iblis]] |
| 989 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/100051_01_base_portrait.png]] |
| 990 | [[caption-width-right:350:You can but swarm, so I will deliver you from this world!]] |
| 991 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Fallen Angel Uriel]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/210163_03_base_portrait.png "Kneel before my might!"[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 992 | ->''"Truly, you are fools to stand before me so!"''\ |
| 993 | '''Primary Element:''' Water\ |
| 994 | '''Secondary Element:''' Shadow |
| 995 | |
| 996 | The Water/Shadow-Element member of the Dominion. He was sealed away within a copy of Uriel. |
| 997 | ---- |
| 998 | * AgentPeacock: Iblis looks human despite being a demon, and he is very handsome as well. He is still a demon though, and is thus very deadly. |
| 999 | * TheAloner: The Archdemon of Isolation, Iblis believes in the strength of oneself and that the influence of others is degenerative. His miasma causes people to also believe this to a more manic degree. |
| 1000 | -->'''Woman:''' "I told you to shut up! I was finally alone, and now you had to show up uninvited to my damned city!"\ |
| 1001 | '''Faris:''' "Sorry. YOUR city?"\ |
| 1002 | '''Woman:''' "Yeah. Mine. My city, all for me. I just want to live here in silence and quiet without anyone else around to bother me. Dealing with other people is so irritating. People are born alone and die alone, so being around them is pointless. That's why I made everyone leaveāand it was perfectly quiet and satisfying until YOU showed up!" |
| 1003 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:His seeming final defeat, following up Lilith's, takes place over Bondforged Euden's Adventurer Story. However, this was all set up as a fake world by Loki to break Euden's spirits. Whether Iblis actually died there, or offscreen, or if he's still out there is up in the air.]] |
| 1004 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Invoked, if anything. His main shtick as an Archdemon is, through his influence, promoting arrogance and vainglory within the strong, and putting all those around them - the weaker ones - below themselves. |
| 1005 | * BadassCape: He wears a cloak in demon form. Breaking it will cause some of his purple attacks to become avoidable. |
| 1006 | * BatOutOfHell: He has the power to summon bats for his attacks that do serious damage and are capable of wiping the entire party for certain attacks. Add this to the fact that he is a demon and he takes the name of this trope very literally. Notably, breaking his cape makes his bats' attacks dodgeable. |
| 1007 | * BarrierChangeBoss: A variant in that he changes which affliction he's vulnerable to, one of the main gimmicks of his fight. |
| 1008 | ** His primary two buffs are Melodies: When Hell's Melody is active, he becomes immune to Poison and Paralysis, while when Heaven's Melody is active, he becomes immune to Stormlash and Flashburn. They have counters that are ticked down by 1 with each proper status effect applied to Iblis. Periodically, one of two things will happen: If the counter is at 0, he swaps which Melody is active, but if it's anywhere above, he resets the counter, casts Corrosive Marcato (a TotalPartyKill on Master difficulty) and gains Strength & Defense buffs that can only be removed via Dispel. |
| 1009 | ** Dissonant Aria applies Cruel Cacophony, [[ScratchDamage which prevents Skills from dealing any more than 1 damage to him]] and [[AttackReflector damaging the user back]]. It also renders him immune to debuffs and afflictions, preventing the counters on the Melodies from being ticked down unless Cruel Cacophony is Dispelled. |
| 1010 | * BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:He's finally brought to this point during Bondforged Euden's Adventurer Story when he [[HeroicSecondWind attains said form]]. [[SubvertedTrope Though, given it's a fake dream world courtesy of Loki, it's doubtful this truly happened.]]]] |
| 1011 | * CharacterSelectForcing: You absolutely need to have characters who can inflict Poison, Stormlash, Paralysis, and Flashburn on Master and Legend difficulty, because if he doesn't get inflicted with status effects enough, he'll unleash an unavoidable OneHitKill. |
| 1012 | * ClothingDamage: Funnily enough, yes, and not even in the [[{{Fanservice}} expected way]]. Iblis's destroyable part is his cape, which becomes teared after enough damage is focused onto it. |
| 1013 | * EvilIsHammy: Iblis rivals Chronos Nyx as perhaps the most over-the-top dramatic villain in the game, which applies as well for Fallen Angel Uriel. His performance makes it sound as though, even when it appears he's getting frustrated or taking a loss, he's having absolute fun with the whole thing, which is admittedly helped by how Iblis's sly grin is his ''only'' expression, even in his portrait. |
| 1014 | * EvilTwin: His fallen angel vessel is a copy of Uriel. |
| 1015 | * FlunkyBoss: In demon form, he summons bats to perform some of his attacks. |
| 1016 | * GatheringSteam: The main draw of fighting Iblis is keeping him on lockdown with status effects to ensure he doesn't get the chance to activate the effects of his Melodies, as he either gains a large buff while damaging you, or performs a TotalPartyKill. |
| 1017 | * GlassCannon: He and Asura are the only members that lack the other Archdemons' shared buff (off-Element Adventurers deal less damage and receive more by a large amount each) and only a little more HP than Lilith, but Asura is an [[StationaryBoss unmoving]] StoneWall whose gimmick is to let you rack up buffs to whittle away at her gigantic HP pool and Lilith has higher defenses that make her well rounded. Rather, he makes up for it by having powerful attacks with at least two of them being OneHitKill and most the others capable of dealing enough damage to feel like such while being capable of providing himself powerful buffs. [[ForegoneConclusion And if you don't have enough ways or potency to afflict statuses on hand..]] |
| 1018 | * HannibalLecture: |
| 1019 | ** Fallen Angel Uriel does this twice when confronted by Faris and Uriel in regards to his own ideology and how useless the power of order and bonds are. |
| 1020 | ** Iblis gets in on this towards [[spoiler:Midgardsormr and Euden, renouncing the idea of bonds and showcasing how it has made the Dragon weak to no benefit to themselves. It almost works, too, especially given he kills Midgardsormr right after.]] |
| 1021 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Whether or not he directly did it, he lead the charge of fiends under Loki that wiped out ''all'' of Euden's allies, Midgardsormr being the last of which whom he personally kills onscreen. [[SubvertedTrope That said, this was all a false world by Loki to destroy Euden's spirit, and they're all alive and well in reality.]]]] |
| 1022 | * IronicName: Iblis, the prideful Water member of the Sinister Dominion, [[ShownTheirWork is named after a demon whose main thing was his arrogance..]] of being made from ''fire'' as a jinn. |
| 1023 | * KneelBeforeZod: Fallen Angel Uriel shouts this out when the battle starts. |
| 1024 | -->''"Kneel before my might!"'' |
| 1025 | * LonersAreFreaks: ''Weaponized'' really; his miasma corrupts those influenced into becoming arrogant loners, full of themselves because of their own strength. |
| 1026 | * MrFanservice: Iblis is definitely the most attractive of the Sinister Dominion. |
| 1027 | * MusicalThemeNaming: His attacks in demon form are named after musical terms. He's even the first Archdemon to rename the Curse of Nihility applying move, Accursed Shackles, and into Nihilistic Requiem. |
| 1028 | * NoSell: When Cruel Cacophony is active, he becomes immune to skills and anyone that uses a skill against him will take damage. Luckily, it can be removed by a StatusBuffDispel. |
| 1029 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: From his appearance and association with bats including ability to transform into a bat, it seems like he is meant to invoke the image of a vampire. |
| 1030 | * PerpetualSmiler: He's always got that smug look on his face both in his model and on his story sprite. [[spoiler:This finally breaks during Bondforged Euden's Adventurer Story.]] |
| 1031 | * PreAssKickingOneLiner: Fittingly, he has a pretty wide and flowery array of these. |
| 1032 | -->'''Fallen Angel Uriel:''' "I will make manifest the glory of my POWER!"\ |
| 1033 | '''Iblis:''' "Drink deep of my beauty!"\ |
| 1034 | '''Iblis:''' "Miserable fools, your destiny is annihilation!"\ |
| 1035 | '''Iblis:''' "Prostrate yourselves before me and worship my splendor!" |
| 1036 | * PrettyBoy: Contending with Humanoid Jupiter for the biggest case of this in the game without veering directly into {{Bishonen}}, to contrast Uriel's {{Hunk}} physique. |
| 1037 | * ShellGame: He will sometimes turn into a bat and mix in with other bats. If enough damage isn't done to the real Iblis in time, he performs an unavoidable OneHitKill. |
| 1038 | * SmugSmiler: Iblis [[PerpetualSmiler perpetually]] has a sultry but ''really'' smug look on his face. |
| 1039 | * TheSocialDarwinist: Played with. He holds true more to a "pride in the elite" approach, that the weak are subserviant and silent before the strong, who stand alone atop all else. |
| 1040 | * TheSociopath: Him above ''every'' other possible character that could be this. Arrogance, pride and a ruthless disdain for bonds are his motto and reason for being, and at several points does he try to argue and claim he isn't in the wrong. |
| 1041 | -->'''Fallen Angel Uriel:''' "Humanity is a pathetic race. All you do is hold each other back."\ |
| 1042 | '''Faris:''' "This isn't because of humanity, demon. It's because of your miasma."\ |
| 1043 | '''Fallen Angel Uriel:''' "[[NeverMyFault Trying to blame it on me? What a joke. All I've done is open the eyes of your pathetic species.]] My miasma robs people of their bonds... But so what? The strong have no need for such things in the first place. That girl sitting pathetically in the dirt is there because of her own weakness. Don't go blaming that on others."\ |
| 1044 | '''Faris:''' "People can't live a life of solitude and abandonment. If you choose to call that weakness, that's on you. But even if it is a weakness, it drives us to join together and become stronger by rising above it!"\ |
| 1045 | '''Fallen Angel Uriel:''' "[[ShutUpKirk Oh, shut the hell up.]]" |
| 1046 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Practically fits the bill, anyways. A tall looking, dark skinned man with grayish blue hair, is of the Shadow Element, and wears black. For bonus points, he's vampire themed. |
| 1047 | * ThisCannotBe: |
| 1048 | ** As Uriel: |
| 1049 | --->"How could the weak...have defeated the mighty?"\ |
| 1050 | "To think wretches like these might lay me low!" |
| 1051 | ** As Iblis: |
| 1052 | --->"This is not beautiful! How could this happen?!"\ |
| 1053 | "It should have been you wretches meeting with ruin..." |
| 1054 | ** He also has this after being warded off by Xander and Julietta during "Faith Forsaken." |
| 1055 | ** [[spoiler:His fake world self has one more when Euden gets back up as his Bondforged self before striking Iblis down.]] |
| 1056 | * VampiresAreSexGods: Definitely invokes this aesthetically, in sharp contrast to the more unusual looking members of the Sinister Dominion. |
| 1057 | * VillainRespect: Begrudgingly admits respect for Euden's tenacity against him. |
| 1058 | [[/folder]] |
| 1059 | |
| 1060 | [[folder:Surtr]] |
| 1061 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/surtr_4.png]] |
| 1062 | [[caption-width-right:350:O eb taom rji duqit ug sierj! (I am ruin, the sower of death!)]] |
| 1063 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Fallen Angel Michael]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fallen_angel_michael.png "This is no fun at all!" [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1064 | ->''"O qokk natm ekk ru edj dyetomf mur icim bpdikg! (I will burn all to ash sparing not even myself!)"''\ |
| 1065 | '''Primary Element:''' Flame\ |
| 1066 | '''Secondary Element:''' Light |
| 1067 | |
| 1068 | The Flame/Light-Element member of the Dominion, sealed in a copy of Michael. |
| 1069 | ---- |
| 1070 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Fallen Angel Michael is grieved by the original who wishes him to rest in peace.]] |
| 1071 | * AntiVillain: Unlike the other Fallen Angels, who have completely succumbed to the demon they contain, Michael is still trying to resist Surtr's influence. His desperate pleas for someone to kill him is to stop himself from releasing Surtr just as much as it is for his own enjoyment. |
| 1072 | * BarrierChangeBoss: In a fashion very similar to Iblis just before him, a main gimmick of Surtr's fight are the defensive buffs he can apply to himself. |
| 1073 | ** Fiery Resistance halves the damage Surtr takes from all sources. It can only be removed by attempting to apply [=DoT=] status effects to him upwards of four times depending on the difficulty. |
| 1074 | ** More infamously is Daystar Restoration, which renders Surtr outright immune to on-activation attacks e.g. Skills, Force Strikes and Dragon attacks as a whole (barring 2 relevant exceptions), including things like Dragon Drive, as well as Overdamage, while damaging them back as well ''and'' applying up to 50% Strength Down. He '''also''' becomes immune to all debuffs and afflictions, Dispel does not work on him, and gains a passive healing effect every 7 seconds, which persists even after Daystar Restoration is whittled away at by standard Adventurer attacks (this counts things like Dash & Roll Attacks, as well Tiki's Dragon Form & Sandalphon's Heavenly Wings) and removed unless Dispelled. |
| 1075 | * BookEnds: Elemental-wise, Surtr is this. Lilith is Shadow/Flame while Surtr is Flame/Light. |
| 1076 | * BoredWithInsanity: Played with in the case of Fallen Angel Michael. As the only one of the bunch not totally corrupted by the Archdemon sealed inside him, he had to spend an untold amount of ages with an unintelligible destroyer babbling in the back of his mind as he suffered the whole way through. Now, he's violently desperate to feel ''anything'' new, even a release from his fate, and sounds exhausted from relief in his fight as he begs to be entertained further. |
| 1077 | -->"So boring... I want everything to end, I want everything to disappear." |
| 1078 | * CharacterSelectForcing: When fighting Surtr, you '''absolutely''' must have a dispeller and an afflictor on your team(s). The afflictor wipes away Fiery Resistance while the dispeller purges Daystar Restoration. If you're missing one or the other, you're going to run out the clock. |
| 1079 | * CollisionDamage: One of Surtr's attacks involves setting [[InfernalRetaliation himself on fire]], then slowly walking towards someone, doing heavy damage to anyone who touches him. |
| 1080 | * CypherLanguage: Surtr's written dialogue is displayed as English [[https://dragalialost.wiki/w/Surtr_(NPC)/Misc after going through a cipher.]] |
| 1081 | * DamageReduction: When Fiery Resistance is active, Surtr takes less damage. It can be removed by inflicting DamageOverTime status effects (besides Bleed) on him. |
| 1082 | * DeathSeeker: Surtr badly wishes for his own destruction, which terribly corrupts the copy of Michael into seeking death in a very deranged manner. His miasma also causes people to kill themselves. Michael is actually happy when you kill him. |
| 1083 | --> "My life ebbs away... Yes... This will do... This will do..."\ |
| 1084 | "Is it finally time for my salvation?" |
| 1085 | * EarlyBirdCameo: An official [[https://twitter.com/DragaliaLostApp/status/1440556483897270275?s=20 art piece]] showing all of the Dominion has each of the Demons faced so far, with that picture being the first time people getting to see him. He'd later appear during a few cutscenes in "Faith Forsaken," a month prior to his quests officially debuting. |
| 1086 | * EvilTwin: His fallen angel vessel is a copy of Michael. [[spoiler:Downplayed as Fallen Angel Michael isn't actively evil and only seeks to end his suffering.]] |
| 1087 | * FinalBoss: Surtr is the final opponent to appear in "Rise of the Sinister Dominion". |
| 1088 | * {{Foil}}: To Tartarus. Both want to see the destruction of the world because their belief is gone, but while Tartarus had belief in Alberius and ravaged the world when he died, Surtr had no belief to begin with. Furthermore, while Tartarus is a Shadow elemental foe, Surtr is a Light elemental foe. Both are also the last opponents faced/released in their respective groups, have several unique and very powerful buffs, and emphasize a lot of positional coordination with their attacks. |
| 1089 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Deconstructed in a bit of a tragic light. Surtr has no exaggeratedly evil belief like his fellow Archdemons do to motivate him, and it's this lack of will that in turn drives him to rampage and destroy all he comes across, uncaring and even grateful if someone can kill him as well. That he cannot be understood by anyone also furthers this notion, as no one would even be able to figure out if he has anything to his character or not besides mindless destruction. |
| 1090 | * GracefulLoser: One of Surtr's quotes upon being defeated is to congratulate the party. Interestingly, he's the only one among the [[SoreLoser Archdemons]] who actually does this upon defeat. |
| 1091 | -->"Jeci pua datyeddis rji sadl vjoks ug bem? Dykimsos. (Have you surpassed the dusk, child of man? Splendid.)" |
| 1092 | * LargeHam: The fact that no one can [[TheUnintelligible understand what he says]] doesn't stop Surtr from being hammy and boastful of his power, nor does it hamper his tone of voice. |
| 1093 | -->"Mumi vem idveyi e gkebi rjer natmd jiecim ems ietrj ekoli! (None can escape a flame that burns heaven and earth alike!)" |
| 1094 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The final Archdemon introduced, and during the climax of ''Faith Forsaken'' at that. He wouldn't get a proper fight and personality until his actual quests dropped a month later, which in turn take place just before the actual event he debuted in. |
| 1095 | * LaughingMad: Michael starts to veer in this towards the end of his fight. |
| 1096 | -->"My death draws near..! Ahahahaha!" |
| 1097 | * MightyGlacier: [[TopHeavyGuy Fitting for his build.]] He has high health, several unique buffs that massively ramp up some of his defenses while debilitating Adventurers and Dragons on top of some self-healing and requiring a lot of work to remove, while also having hard-hitting moves that require a lot of fast-thinking duck and covering to fully evade. Unlike Asura, he ''can'' move, but usually only for a few seconds after he activates his flame aura (that kills in around 2 seconds if you're anywhere close to him), and he's one of the slowest entities in the game. Really, one of the biggest risks to fighting Surtr is running out of time because of how much Fiery Resistanc & Daystar Restoration can make him borderline unkillable. |
| 1098 | * NoSell: When Daystar Restoration is active, Surtr becomes immune to everything but standard attacks while not transformed and standard attacks from special transformations like Tiki's. Doing anything else will damage the attacker. |
| 1099 | * {{Prequel}}: His confrontation takes place just before "Faith Forsaken". [[spoiler:Basileus and Michael post-redemption think back to said moment of when they released him with Raphael joining in for the second scene.]] |
| 1100 | * RegeneratingHealth: Surtr's health will gradually regenerate while Daystar Restoration is active. |
| 1101 | * SdrawkcabSpeech: Though rendered as gibberish in the subtitles, he can be understood clearly by reversing his dialogue. |
| 1102 | * TheSlowWalk: He chases an Adventurer like this after he activates [[CollisionDamage his flame aura]]. |
| 1103 | * SuddenlyVoiced: Didn't utter a word during "Faith Forsaken." When he ''did'' get a voice, [[TheUnintelligible well..]] |
| 1104 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: When it comes to the rocks that he spawns with some of his attacks. The regular gray shards he spawns can be used to shield players from Surtr's other attacks, playing this straight, but the ones that are burning red [[ExplodingBarrels will explode in a huge radius when by Surtr's attacks]], which prove to be a deadly subversion of the trope. |
| 1105 | * TokenGoodTeammate: While still as dangerous as the other Archdemons, he comes off more as wanting to die and not necessarily trying to intentionally harm anybody, only doing so because of the miasma that comes out of him, though he doesn't seem to care too much about how much destruction he causes on the way. Notably, his defeat lines in for both his fallen angel vessel and his true form avert ThisCannotBe which occurs for the other archdemons and instead come off as congratulatory to the heroes. |
| 1106 | * TopHeavyGuy: Just one of Surtr's arms is bigger than both of his legs combined. |
| 1107 | * TheUnintelligible: Unlike the other Archdemons, Surtr speaks in complete gibberish. This ends up being the reason Fallen Michael hasn't completely succumbed to Surtr's influence unlike the other fallen archangels, as he can't even understand Surtr to begin with. [[spoiler:Notably, when Satan mimics Surtr's form, he still speaks utter nonsense unless translated.]] |
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