Here is a list of characters from the island nation of Corporatum.
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Corporatum
Territory: The Island of Corporatum, various extra national holdings.
Structure: Corporatocracy -> Dystopian Corporate Kleptocracy -> Satellite state of Machina
Power: Major Corporate Power/Regional Power (Formerly)/Satellite State (Presently)
Leadership: Board of Corporatum -> Ivory Towers and Don'yoko -> President Crazy Ant
Ethnicity: Ponies, Various Others
Language: Equestrian Ponish
Ideology: Neomercantilist
Religion: Corporatum Pantheon, Various Others
Anthem/Motto: "A Dream Of Prosperity" (Officially)/"Turn to the Ivory Towers" (De Facto)
Corporatum (its entry here
) is an economically independent island nation that has recently become a protectorate of Machina. open/close all folders
General
- Capitalism Is Bad: FIRMLY this under Ivory Towers' and Don Yoku's shadow corpoate dictatorship, but even before their takeover there were as many ruthless greedy corporations running the place as there were scrupulous honest businesses balancing them out.
- Good Capitalism, Evil Capitalism: The corporations and enterpreneurs which founded Corporatum were a mix of sincere idealists who believed a laizzez faire society run on free enterprise would benefit everyone and unscrupulous cynics who only wanted to get rich through ruthless practices without any restraints. The good ones largely balanced out the bad ones - until both groups got subverted by Ivory Towers and Don Yoku and the whole place firmly become a case of Capitalism Is Bad.
- MegaCorp: The country was founded by a bunch of them (or at least close enough).
- One Nation Under Copyright: Corporatum was found by a group of MegaCorp who wanted a place where people could pursue commerce and profit without excessive taxation or regulations. Deconstructed as while it worked relatively well for a time, this lack of restraint on profitmaking allowed for greed to fester and for unscrupulous parties to take advantage of to the detriment of the country, best exemplified when Ivory Towers and Don Yoku staged their takeover and turned the place into a dystopian corporatocracy.
Ivory Towers, Matron of the Dark Storm
- See her folder entry here.
Don'yoku
Character: Villainous
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Type: Archdemon, Greed Demon, Ancient Evil, Demon Godling
Faction: Ivory Incorporated, the Board of Directors
"A little greed makes the world go round."
Don'yoku (his entry here
) is a Greed Archdemon who was behind both Ivory Towers' rise to power, and the increasing suffering and exploitation of Coporatum's people until the Dazzling Divas stopped him.- Abstract Apotheosis: One of his ultimate goals is to ascend from being merely a powerful Demon of Greed and become a GOD of Greed. His Evil Plan involves a ritual he and Ivory Towers would prepare that harnesses a celestial conjunction with a nebula known as the 'Eye of Greed' - created by a star-faring civilization that greedily mined its own star until it exploded - intending to siphon the ethereal energies across the cosmos to empower himself until he achieves apotheosis (With help of a spark of Primordial Quintessence either through self-generation or acquired elsewhere). He actually succeeded in that goal, becoming an evil Godling of Greed, but did not live long enough to enjoy it thanks to the Dazzling Divas.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Upon ascending to become an evil Godling of Greed, his true form becomes that of an enormous demonic serpent big enough to wrap itself around Ivory Incorporated HQ building (and even EAT IT when he tried to do it along with the Dazzling Divas).
- Big "NO!": Literally his final words as he gets blown up by the Dazzling Divas' final attack from the inside.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: His main disguise is a "red furred unicorn wearing the attire of a sleazy record company executive", which corresponds with his nature as a Greed Demon.
- Deal with the Devil: Ivory Towers summoned him and made a pact with him, selling him her soul in exchange for power. Helping her conquer Corporatum had another benefit to him as well: he was able to grow stronger by feeding off the massive amounts of greed this created to increase his own strength.
- Demonlords And Archdevils: He's an Archdemon of Greed, and thus the most powerful and leading demon in Corporatum.
- Our Demons Are Different: He's a powerful demon, specifically a Greed Demon.
- Eaten Alive: How he collects his debts to those whose souls they own - Don'Yoku unhinges his mouth and attempts to swallow them whole like a serpent. Attempted to do this with Ivory Towers when she was defeated, and later tried to do this to the Dazzling Divas AND THE ENTIRE BUILDING they're on in the Final Battle to get rid of them, but gets blown up from the inside for his troubles.
- Godhood Seeker: Attempted to do this with a ritual involving a celestial conjunction and actually succeeded. Though he didn't survive long enough to enjoy it.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He's Ivory Towers' demon patron and the power and minions he gave her are what allowed her to become as big of a threat as she did, but he doesn't have much direct involvement in the conflict until she's finally definitively defeated, at which point he becomes the final boss.
- Kill It Through Its Stomach: How Don'Yoku meets his end; when the Dazzling Divas managed to get the entire city to sing with them and charge up their ultimate attack, Don'Yoku desperately attempted to avert it by chomping down the entire top floor of the Ivory Incorporated HQ building with the Dazzling Divas still on the roof. This only allow the Dazzling Divas to unleash their ultimate attack inside him and blow him up, along with the rest of the building.
- Person of Mass Destruction: Became strong enough upon achieving apotheosis to destroy the entire capital city of Corporatum as a Godling of Greed, though he didn't live long enough to try it even if he wants to.
- Red Baron: The 'Lord of Greed', though the entry indicates that he's actually the 475th entity known to have this title in the 'Fourth Age' alone. This corresponds with a continued tone of impermanence and insignificance that runs through Codex Equus - he would not be the first to have that title, demon or otherwise, nor would he be the last.
- Snakes Are Sinister: Has this as an overall theme as per his nature as a Greed Demon. He collects his contracts by unhinging his jaw and swallowing his victims whole. His true form is a massive demonic, orange-scaled serpent with eyes made of hellfire and normally crackling with orange energy. His 'Demon God' post-apotheosis form upgrades his true form that of a gigantic serpent big enough to wrap around the entire Ivory Incorporated HQ building with scales of gold, an underbelly of platinum, obsidian spikes down his back, teeth made of serrated jewels, and eyes of red hellfire, all while wreathed in orange demonic flames.
- Villain Ball: Justified in that right after achieving apotheosis, he was Drunk with Power for a while and was too distracted to fight properly, allowing the Dazzling Divas a chance to rally and smite him.
- Villainous Breakdown: Quickly descends into one when he fails repeatedly to kill off the Dazzling Divas right after he ascended, and then realize to his horror that they figured out a way to kill him in spite of his newfound godhood by getting the whole capital city of Corporatum to sing with them and use the magical boost to charge up a final ultimate attack. He quickly tries to eat them and the entire building they were on, but only to get blown up from the inside, screaming in denial at the end.
Corporatum Pantheon
- See their page here.
The Dazzling Divas
- See their page here.
Other citizens
Detective/Police Chief Lawful Lament
Character: Heroic
Alignment: Lawful Good
Type: Detective, Friend on the Force, Occult Detective, Novice Holy Mage, Artifact User.
Faction: Corporatum, the Dazzling Divas
"Just because your crook had your boss and and literal demons in their pockets doesn't change a thing. A crook is a crook and a badge is a badge."
Lawful Lament (his entry here
) is a Detective-turned-Police Chief who proved himself to be an invaluable ally of the Dazzling Divas.- Expy: Clearly of Commissioner Gordon, a cop that helps superheroes.
