Characters / Black Moon Chronicles

Wismerhill and his allies

Wismerhill

The protagonist, a half-elf of mysterious origins.

• Abusive Parents: The man who Wis' mother was betrothed to never forgave her for bearing a child that wasn't his, and took it out on Wis once she died. Wis eventually kills him by hacking off his fingers and throwing him off a castle tower.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He's an Anti-Hero at best, but his mother was the only person he knew for the first few years of his life, since she had to keep her bastard son hidden from her husband, who eventually finds out and kills her.
• Eye Beams: Wismerhill gain the ability to shoot red beams out of his eyes because he's a half-demon.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: Starts out as a This Loser Is You type who fights rabbits with a joust. During his journey he gains more power and followers, eventually becoming the commander-in-chief of the Army of the Black Moon and emperor of the new world after the death of the old one.
• Half-Human Hybrid: He's half-elf and half-human. In reality, half-demon and half-human.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Wismerhill isn't the nicest person around but once he becomes a lord of his own fiefdom he at least tries to run it well. Whether he succeeds is another matter but still.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Wismerhill gains a lot of ability from his starting point, ending up as a Psion/Lord of Negation/Cleric/Wizard in the process, and that's still leaving out his good connections with the Winds. Oh, and he's also a half-demon (at first believed to be half-elf), half-human, quasi-undead God-Emperor.
• Nominal Hero: He qualifies as being on the side of good mostly because Haazheel is so much worse. Wismerhill himself has engaged in several atrocities for pragmatic or even petty reasons, but he doesn't try to make a habit out of it.
• This Loser Is You: Wismerhill at the beginning, before taking many, many, MANY levels in badass.
• Took a Level in Badass: He grows from loser to dark general to emperor.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Wismerhill's father appears and reveals to him that he was manipulated into serving the Black Moon. But he also points out to him that he was able to achieve greatness on a rare level, and that he can do good or maybe better on the good guys' side.
• You Killed My Mother: Wismerhill eventually repays his lord stepfather for his previous murder of Wis's mother and the abuse he suffered at the lord's hands years later by hacking off his fingers and letting him fall to his death.

Pilou

An elf thief. Wis's first and best friend.

• Last of His Kind: Since the other elves chose to die on the old Earth, he may very well be the only living elf on Terra Secunda.
• Lovable Rogue: He was raised to be a thief, but his playful personality makes his misdeeds pretty entertaining to watch.
• Pet Monstrosity: Pilou takes a dragon egg and decides to hatch it so he can raise the baby dragon. This makes sense, since his origin story shows that he himself was raised by dragons.
• Raised by Wolves: Pilou was raised by a female dragon who took him to her cave for food, but decided to save him for her offspring when he happened to burst from his egg at that exact moment. The young dragon and the young elf then bonded and the three became a family.
• Sticky Fingers: Even after becoming a powerful general in Wismerhill's army, Pile-ou-Face is often seen robbing people of their purses in the background.
• Sociopathic Hero: While several of the protagonists show signs of this, Pile-ou-Face is probably the best example; one gets the impression he'd get along famously with Belkar Bitterleaf. In his first appearance his personality depended on which of his swords he drew, the blue-glowing peaceful one or the hellish-red psychotic one. Or so he claimed; he's maintained a standard Lovable Rogue personality over the entire series.
• Smoking Is Cool: He's often shown smoking a long pipe, and looks pretty cool while doing it.

Feydriva

Wis's first lover.

• Collateral Angst: She meets a Fate Worse than Death thanks to two demons, for no real reason save giving Wis a fight scene and a bout of angst. Wis gets over it pretty quickly though, and she is never mentioned again.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: Poor Feydriva is never mentionned again after her demise in book 3. At least not until book 17 where Wismerhill dreams about her.
• Thong of Shielding: She wears a Chainmail Bikini which exposes a fair amount of her glutes, getting her attention from quite a number of men (and dwarfs).

Hellaynnea

A succubus and Wis's second lover.

• Best Her to Bed Her: She offers to serve Wismerhill after he spares her life and becomes his consort. This is right after she played a big role in killing Wismerhill's previous girlfriend Fey.
• Evil Redhead: Even after joining Wis as his ally/lover, she's still the group's Token Evil Teammate... Not that it changes much given how amoral and self-serving they are on the whole.
• Heir Club for Men: She probably had something to do with the fact that only one of Wis's dozen kids (each from different, improbably beautiful and competent/powerful women) is male (neatly avoiding any complications come succession time), but she obviously took far too much pleasure from the whole situation for her decision to be purely pragmatic.
• Ms. Fanservice: The protagonist's main squeeze is a succubus. 'nuff said.
• Mysterious Past: As one of the characters not yet featured in the Arcanes subseries, not much is known of what her story was before becoming involved with the main series' plot, although unlike most other characters there have been a few hints of it here and there. One of them being that she seems to have a connection to Pazuzu, which she's none too pleased with when he secretly reveals himself to her while visiting his son and grandchildren.
• Redheads Are Ravishing: She has burning red hair. After all, she is a succubus, so it highlights both her connection to the fires of hell and her fiery personality.
• Succubi and Incubi: She's a succubus. She also doesn't mind sharing Wis one bit (she even organises and executes the recruitment of his harem, which was her idea in the first place anyway).
• Top Wife: After becoming emperor, Wismerhill acquires a Royal Harem of 12 wives, each of whom would qualify as the World's Most Beautiful Woman in her own right. However, Hellaynnea, who is a succubus, is the one he spends most time with. Not so incidentally, she is his only wife who bore him a son, while his others all bore him daughters. Since she arranged all these marriages for him as well, it's all but guaranteed that she engineered this.

Ghorghor Bey

• Abusive Parents: Bey's stepfather wasn't any kinder to him than Wis', largely because Ghorghor was the result of an ogre raping the woman he was in love with during an attack on their mountain village. He stayed his hand from killing Ghorghor at birth because of his mother's pleading, but after she died he threw out Ghorghor for good. Ghorghor, finally fed up with the years of abuse, kills the man before leaving the town.
• The Big Guy: He's the powerhouse in Wismerhill's group in terms of pure muscle, as he towers over any normal man and has the strength to match.
• Boisterous Bruiser: He's got a pretty jovial personality while he loves to fight.
• Child by Rape: He never met his old man, an ogre who had barely reached adulthood when he ran into his human mother and decided to rape her. Played realistically, as birthing a half-ogre pretty much crippled her.
• Disney Death: Ends up impaled by a dozen lances and pushed off a deep ravine by the Knights of Light sent to crush him early on. Of course, it doesn't stick and he reappears later on none the worse for wear.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He may be a bloodthirsty warlord but he dearly loved his late mother, since she was pretty much the only person in his village who loved the half-ogre boy, a result of her being raped during an ogre attack. He makes a point to visit her grave when he and his army are marching through the area when he's an adult.
• Half-Human Hybrid: He is half-ogre and half-human.
• Immortality Inducer: He has a ring of regeneration in his nose which he stole from another half-ogre sent to kill him.
• Rape, Pillage, and Burn: He took over a warband of thieves and outlaws and led them on murderous campaigns throughout the empire before meeting up with Wis and Pilou and inducting them into his army.
• The Lost Lenore: While he's had some flings since then, he never forgot his first love(s), the siamese twins from the travelling circus he'd joined for a while, and who were killed by a Dzorak. Later on, when Wismerhill decides to give precious gifts to his True Companions, his gift to Ghorghor is to retrieve their bones from the Dzorak lair (killing a bunch in the process) and resurrect them, un-conjoined. The normally gruffly jovial Ghorghor is moved to tears by the gesture.
• Your Size May Vary: In one panel he may be twice as big as the other characters...in another he's building-sized.

Murata

• Flat Character: He's given very little characterization beyond being a samurai.
• Katanas Are Just Better: He pretty much always fight his opponents with his katana in close combat.
• Samurai: Murata is an Asian-looking warrior dressed in traditional garb bound by a code of honor. What makes him stand out so much is that he inhabits a Medieval European Fantasy setting, although other Fantasy Counterpart Culture nations are implied to be out there as well.
• The Stoic: He's easily the most emotionally-restrained member of Wismerhill's friends.

Peppete and Goum

• The Big Guy: Downplayed by Goum; he's a magically-empowered child gladiator in a huge grown-up body... But he quickly fades in the background once the much larger and much more formidable Ghorghor Bey reappears.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Goum gets subjected to two in fairly rapid succession - first by Murata in the gladiatorial arena, then by the Not Quite Dead Ghorghor Bey in the tent city outside the Oracle's rock.
• Demoted to Extra: They show up in the second album and quickly join Wis's growing band, but they don't have very much to do afterwards and mostly just show up in the background.
• Little Miss Badass: Pepette has a moment where she goes up to an Upper-Class Twit holding flowers... and rips a knife out of them, holding it to his throat.
• She's All Grown Up: They start as children, although Goum is cursed to look much older, but they age with the rest of the characters. By the Terra Secunda arc, Pepette is now a grown woman.
• Younger Than They Look: Goum is just seven years old, just like his twin sister, but was cursed to be fully grown so he could fight in the arena.

Shamballeau

• Big Eater: He loves to eat, and is pretty portly.
• The Smart Guy: As the only mage in Wismerhill's party, he's generally the go-to guy for problems that will require a lot of research.

Black Moon

Haazheel Thorn

The leader of the Black Moon and one of the most powerful mages in the world.

• The Antichrist: He was fathered by Lucifer himself to bring about the end of the world.
• The Archmage: He's the leader of a whole army of dark mages, and is the most powerful one of them all.
• Authority Equals Asskicking: Haazheel Thorn, the leader of the Black Moon and the forces of evil, is easily one of the most powerful mages in the world.
• Big Bad: Haazheel Thorn, the Master of the Black Moon, über-powerful Evil Sorcerer capable of commanding vast hordes of The Undead and The Legions of Hell, demigod and spiritual leader of a powerful Religion of Evil, lord of a massive Badass Army of humans and monsters, Son of Lucifer...
• The Dragon: Haazheel himself is this to his father, Lucifer.
• Evil Mentor: Haazheel to Wismerhill, as he grants him entry to the highest orders of the Black Moon to teach him The Dark Arts and make Wismerhill a dark general in his war against the Empire of Lhynn.
• Evil Old Folks: He's the leader of the Black Moon and the forces of evil opposed to the Empire of Lynn and looks downright ancient. Depending on how long Lucifer and his servants were plotting, he could be Really 700 Years Old.
• Evil Sorcerer: He's an archmage who leads a Religion of Evil, though his priests (or at least, the ones with magical powers) qualify too.
• Faux Affably Evil: He's quite polite for an evil ancient sorcerer—until you cross him.
• God-Emperor: He's a stupidly powerful evil archmage and main bad guy, is worshipped as a god by his followers in the Black Moon. Though he is the half-demon son of Lucifer, who is a god.
• Godhood Seeker: His goal is to be raised to the level of a true god by his father, Lucifer.
• Half-Human Hybrid: He's half-demon and half-human.
• Just Desserts: After Haazheel Thorn's defeat his soul is devoured by his father Lucifer for failing to deliver the Earth to him. Especially karmic because Haazheel's plan was to have the rest of humanity harvested by the Legions of Hell so that he could become a god.
• Monochromatic Eyes: He's got some pretty scary eyes, as he lacks pupils. This is just one hint that he's only half-human.
• Mr. Exposition: After Haazheel's death, a clone/homonculi of the person appears whose only purpose is to inform Wismerhill of his creator's last plan to bring about The End of the World as We Know It through Colony Drop.
• Obviously Evil: Even emperor Palpatine post-lightning bolt to the face looks more thrustworthy.
• Omnicidal Maniac: His initial plan is to bring about Hell on Earth. When this fails, he uses his dark magic to ensure that the Black Moon will crash into the Earth and destroy all life.
• One-Winged Angel: When he finally goes into Villainous Breakdown because Wismerhill closed the Hell Gate and defeated his remaining forces, Haazheel transforms into a muscular demonic humanoid who breathes rays of undeath.
• Psychotic Smirk: His default. If you see him with this expression you should worry... If you see him with another, run (not that it'll do you any good).
• Really 700 Years Old: Implied Trope. Haazheel certainly looks very old and has the power and experience to match, but just how old he is depends on how much time passed between Lucifer and Pazuzu siring their respective offspring.
• Sinister Schnoz: He's gots a very long and sharp nose as one of his many Obviously Evil traits.
• Sorcerous Overlord: Haazheel is an incredibly powerful and ancient archmage who has built his own dark religion to conquer the Empire of Lynn and prepare the world for the arrival of the forces of hell.

Lord Greldinard

Baron of Moork and a general in Haazheel's army.

• Abusive Parents: Subverted: he kills both his kinda adoptive fathers (the human priest who showed him mercy, and the orc chieftain who let him in the tribe), but in both cases out of necessity (to spare the first being tortured, and the second was a Suicide by Cop so Dinard could show his worth as leader). He is genuinely sad for both, even though they forgive him and die at peace.
• Challenging the Chief: He became the chief of his tribe by killing his predecessor. However, the chief forced Greldinard to kill him, figuring that he would make a better leader, and Greldinard thanked him as he lay dying.
• The Dragon: To Haazheel Thorn. Wis himself becomes this for a while when both the former decide to lay low for a while.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Greldinard's book reveals that he loved his adoptive orc mother and allied with Haazheel to avenge her death since he considers the Empire responsible for her death.
• The Faceless: He never removes his helmet (or his armor) on-panel once through the whole series. The closest we get is showing his hands going up, then going back down with the helmet, while contemplating swearing loyalty to Wis or Haazheel. Eventually in les Arcanes de la Lune Noire, it is revealed that he's half human and half orc; his adoptive mother was an orc who magically merged his body with her stillborn's.
• Hybrid Power: Greldinard is actually a human baby adopted by an orc shamaness, who then merged him with her dead orc baby to create a true hybrid. Dinard inherited human intelligence and orc strength, allowing him to rise to become supreme king of the orcs before he joined Haazheel's army.
• My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Dinard realizes he's in charge of a tribe of warriors with little ability to think beyond charging wildly at the enemy, which is part of the reason he readily works for Haazheel Thorn.
• Raised by Orcs: Zigzagged. He's a Half-Human Hybrid who was created when a human baby was adopted by an orc shamaness, but realizing that the other orcs would kill a human boy, she magically fused him with her dead orc baby. Greldinard's skin is patches of green and beige, and he's also unnaturally clever for an orc.
• Technically-Living Zombie: Greldinald was truly born when an orc shaman fused her dead infant with a newborn human boy. As a result, his skin is a patchwork of pale and green skin.
• Tin Tyrant: He wears an impressive suit of red armor that he never takes off, while also serving as the Baron of Moork and the right-hand of Haazheel Thorn.

Lords of Negation

The Black Moon's most elite warriors.

• Black Knight: Haazheel's most elite knights are clad in black armor and controlled by him through their rings. Wismerhill eventually becomes their leader, and has to go through a lengthy ritual that leaves him as some sort of half-human half-ascended being.
• Expy: Of the Nazgul from The Lord of the Rings.
• Ring of Power: They are the Black Moon's most elite soldiers, and are controlled by him through several mind control rings. When Wismerhill turns against Haazheel, he has Shamballeau build other rings that will negate their effect. It works for a moment, but as soon as Haazheel notices this he destroys the second rings in swift order.

Empire of Lynn

Emperor Haaghendorf

Emperor of Lynn.

• Authority Equals Asskicking: Haaghendorf has maintained his position as supreme monarch of the Empire of Lynn by nearly constant warfare. He also rides the biggest dragon in the empire into battle.
• The Emperor: Wismerhill thinking Lhynn's ruler is a nefarious overlord is a key component of the bad guys' plan. In fact, emperor Haghendorf is more of a Lawful Neutral Reasonable Authority Figure who tries his best to properly run a massive feudal Holy Roman Empire expy despite living in a Crapsack World and trying to avert the prophecied violent end of his reign and his empire.
• Hero Antagonist: He stands opposed to Wismerhill and Haazheel Thorn for much of the comic and is basically trying to defend tons of lives from Haazheel's evil.
• Old Soldier: The Emperor is already an old man by the time of the main storyline, but he remains as always a Four-Star Badass who commands the imperial armies against all its enemies, has his personal brigade of war dragons, and is still one of the best swordsmen in the world. Authority Equals Asskicking indeed.
• Screw Destiny: The Oracle told him a prophecy that a general brought forth by the forces of evil would one day destroy his empire. Much of Haaghendorf's subsequent efforts are an attempt to avert the prophecy. He doesn't succeed.

Fratus Sinister

Grand Master of the Knights of Light.

• Big Bad Wannabe: He's plotting to take the throne of the Emperor. Unfortunately for him, he fails to measure up to Haazheel and Whismerhill. He ends up unceremoniously castrated and burned by Hellaynnea after attempting to make her his mistress.
• Dirty Old Monk: Often found in his tent "giving communion" to young women. One of his allies gives him an Eye Scream because he was off having an orgy instead of actually overseeing his army.
• Eyepatch of Power: He has his eye gouged out by the dragonlord he was allied with when his insurrection against the emperor falls apart, and has to wear a black eyepatch from then on as he openly joins the forces of evil.
• The Starscream: While he's already in a very high position of authority, he seeks to usurp the position of pretty much anyone else who's in power.
• Too Dumb to Live: He summons Hellaynnea to have his way with her. Apparently he forgot that succubi can suck out the souls of their victims.

Lord Parsifal

Grand Master of the Knights of Justice.

• Hero Antagonist: In the beginning, Prince Parsifal appears to be a kind, just, and valiant Knight in Shining Armor and that's precisely who he is.
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness: His appearances in the series and his Arcanes origin story stress out that he is The Paladin through and through and a model of nobility, valor and knightly virtue and it's entirely justified.
• Karmic Jackpot: The above is constantly repaid to him throughout the story.
• Off with His Head!: Gets his noggin chopped off in the decoy battle against the Black Moon's forces by Greldinard in a Mutual Kill. Fortunately for him, it doesn't stick, as his order's clerics are powerful and devout enough to bring him Back from the Dead.
• The Paladin: Parsifal, the Grand Master of the Knights of Justice, is a completely devout and heroic warrior who fights on the emperor's side in various wars, though he specifies that he serves God alone. His counterpart Frater Sinister of the Knights of Light is both corrupt and ambitious.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Leads the Order of Justice and rules his imperial province of Syzygie almost like the platonic ideal of the just and fair leader/ruler.

Hell

Lucifer

The lord of all Hell.

• Bad Boss: His demonic minions know better than to annoy or fail him. A firing in hell is pretty literal.
• Demon Lords and Archdevils: Lucufer is the High Prince, the Evil Overlord of all the 666 domains of Hell.
• Faux Affably Evil: He does have nice manners, constantly adressing his minions as "my sweets" and such, but it does nothing to hide that he's pure evil.
• Greater-Scope Villain: The Prince of Darkness himself, who decides to send his legions to conquer/destroy the world together with his son Haazheel Thorn after his Evil Plan to get God to leave it in disgust with his followers goes Just as Planned. After he is banished back to Hell and Haazheel himself is killed, he voices his displeasure by devouring Haazheel's soul.
• The Man Behind the Man: Haazheel Thorn appears to be directing the Black Moon in its genocidal war against the Empire of Lhynn, but he is actually under orders from Lucifer to create a favorable enough situation that he can just stroll in and Take Over the World to make it a new Hell (with every inhabitant's soul as a bonus).
• The Man Behind the Monsters: Most of the demons of hell are of the Big Red Devil type, but the Prince of Darkness himself looks like a Tall, Dark, and Handsome man in ornate robes.
• Offing the Offspring: He devours Haazheel's screaming soul after he's defeated. Although if you want to be pedantic, Haazheel was already dead by that point.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: After Methraton defeats Lucifer during his invasion of the New Earth he seals him away inside a prison elsewhere, since he's too powerful to destroy completely. At the end of book 21, the One casts Belzebeth into Lucifer's prison.
• Villain Decay: He's flat-out terrifying during his main series appearances, as a Faux Affably Evil Prince of Hell with ultimate plans to annihilate the entire human race and a habit of devouring screaming souls. In the Sequel Series, Lucifer and his minions track down Wismerhill and the other survivors to the new Earth, but the entire demonic army is quickly curb-stomped and Lucifer himself is sealed away by Methraton.
• You Have Failed Me: Lucifer makes his displeasure at Haazheel Thorn's failure to give him the world on a platter known quite emphatically: he eats his soul like it was a piece of candy.
• Your Soul Is Mine!: Eats souls (including his son's) who have failed him.

Pazuzu

A powerful demon prince with unknown motives.

• Demon Lords and Archdevils: He holds the rank of "Prince of Demons".
• Disappeared Dad: Wismerhill doesn't know who his father is, although he's later told that he was a dark elf prince. He pulls an appearance in the end, though, to congratulate his son and to see his grandkids (among other things). It turns out that he is actually a Prince of Hell who has been playing a game of Divine Chess with Lucifer, as he reveals Haazheel Thorn's true plans for the world and how he has manipulated Wis.
• Troll: While in disguise, he drops psychic hints to Hellaynnea of who he really is. She's not amused.
• Walking Spoiler: His true identity and plans are the lynchpin of the entire Myth Arc.
• Xanatos Gambit: There's no outcome in his game with Lucifer where he really loses. If Wismerhill stops Haazheel, then Pazuzu wins against Lucifer and will probably be killed if his boss ever finds him but his son will carry on his legacy regardless. If Wismerhill is destroyed by Haazheel, then Pazuzu can join Lucifer for another game of chess on the ruins of a now demon-ruled world.

Beelzebub

Another demon prince who succeeds Lucifer as the lord of hell.

• Acrofatic: His huge size doesn't hinder his fighting capabilities or his speed in the least, and he makes absolute mincemeat of Wismerhill's forces.
• Demon Lords and Archdevils: He holds the rank of "Prince of Flies".
• Disc-One Final Boss: He's built up as a huge threat, but is disposed of almost immediately after he and his army set foot on Terra Secunda when the One banishes him to the void.
• Fat Bastard: He's the biggest, fattest demon ever seen, and is almost as much of a bastard as Lucifer was.
• The Worm That Walks: His body is made up of thousands of flies, which he can consequently use to shapeshift.

Other supernatural beings

The Winds

• Elemental Embodiment: The Winds are living creatures who speak to Wismerhill because they were good friends with his mother before she passed away, as she would always sing to them.

The Oracle

• Divine Date: When the end of the world approaches, the Oracle shakes off its Eldritch Abomination form to reveal its real form as a female Hot God. Having not experienced sensational pleasure for eons, she then has a threesome with Wismerhill and his succubus girlfriend.
• Hot God: The Oracle's true form is a nubile bald woman with shining skin. She also hasn't experienced earthly pleasures for several millennia and wants to make up the time. Cue threesome between the goddess, Wismerhill, and his succubus girlfriend.
• Many-Faced Divinity: The Oracle is a many-faced God who lives inside a temple on Earth, in order to emphasize that the Oracle is all-knowing. Subverted when she sheds her Eldritch Abomination form and is revealed to be a Hot Goddess with a single head.
• Physical God: The Oracle, while being the real deal (i.e. a god), is actually less powerful than one due to being depowered and shackled by the other gods for some transgression.
• Samus Is a Girl: The Oracle is actually a goddess... and when freed after eons of imprisonment, she's quite keen on... intimate contact. Cue threesome with Wis and Hellaynnea.

God

• God Is Displeased: After Wis destroys the Tables of the Covenant, God and the angels pull back from the world, although The Paladin managed to get his country magically teleported away. Wis manages to thwart the demonic invasion that soon followed, but unfortunately the villain's failsafe involved the inevitable destruction of the world. So Wis instead organized a massive exodus of humans to other worlds (the elves and dwarves chose to stay).
• Powers That Be: There's evidence enough he exists (Paladins of the Order of Justice are preternaturally good demonslayers, and high-ranking priests can perform resurrections) but we never see him, and he doesn't really do much; his one act is gathering up all his followers (who seem to be mostly imperial citizens) in the same place, then removing that chunk of land from the planet just before things literally go to hell for everyone left behind.

Methraton

• The Archmage: Methraton is the "ultimate archmage" who approaches the level of power of a Physical God, though he specifically denies being one.
• Big Good: He's unquestionably the most powerful character on the side of good, and he always has mankind's best interests at heart even if he disagrees with the way they might go about it.
• A God I Am Not: When Wismerhill asks Methraton if he is a god, Methraton vehemently denies it as he hates the actual gods. He's more of an archmage with his own religion devoted to him.

The One

• Clap Your Hands If You Believe: He was spontaneously brought into existence through human belief.
• Divine Intervention: He comes to the rescue when Beelzebub kills Wismerhill, banishing him to the same void that Lucifer is trapped in.
• Goo-Goo-Godlike: The inhabitants of Terra Secunda inadvertently create a new god, the One and Only, after creating a new religion built around said deity. However, because the god was just "born", he is still a young child with omnipotent powers, so Wismerhill has to slowly teach the boy how to be a benevolent god.

Ophidians

Ophidian Emperor

• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He genuinely loves his wife the Empress, and tearfully begs Wismerhill to spare her life.
• Snake People: He and the rest of his kind are all snake people. In fact, they all appear to be part of the same gens, as Ophidians are all spawned from eggs laid by the Empress.
• Villains Want Mercy: He begs Wismerhill for mercy when he attacks their hidden city, but then starts plotting revenge by having his wife lay even more eggs than before.
• Villain Has a Point: While the Ophidians are presented as evil, they do have legitimate cause to be suspicious of the powerful alien empire that has suddenly arrived on their homeworld and are agressively expanding and asserting themselves.

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