Heroes: The Guardians | The Chan Clan | The Rebellion | Section 13
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Unaffiliated Villains
Villainous figures not part of any of the above groups. Nerissa
Former Keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar and Yan Lin's former friend and team leader, as well as Caleb's mother via her disguise as the Mage. In that disguise, as well as the castle servant Trill, she has manipulated the Rebellion for years as part of a larger plan to take the Heart of Meridian for herself.
- Accidental Murder: Nerissa's Start of Darkness chapter shows that killing Cassidy was a complete accident on her part.
- The Ace: Was once one of the greatest Guardians in generations, being a prodigy when it came to learning and using magic. However, her obsession with this perfection left her unable to focus on anything outside her work, and eventually led to her Face–Heel Turn.
- Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, her relationship with Cassidy was never confirmed to be romantic despite the
Ho Yay subtext. Here, they're confirmed to have been girlfriends. - Artificial Limbs: Her metal arm is confirmed by the narration to be a prosthetic, likely animated by her Quintessence powers.
- Beam-O-War: Occurs during her Wizard Duel with Wong.
- The Chessmaster: As per canon, she's playing everyone for the sake of her plans.
- Despair Event Horizon: Completely fell apart after Cassidy's death.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In her own twisted way, she loves her son and her husband.
- Evil Versus Evil: In Chapter 22, she attempts to eliminate Wong and remove the potential threat he poses to her plans, leading to a Wizard Duel between them.
- Fallen Hero: Once a heroic young woman who took her job of protecting the Known Worlds seriously, her frustration with Kandrakar's hands-off approach led to her becoming a Knight Templar determined to conquer the worlds herself.
- The Farmer and the Viper: The Mage released her from her imprisonment, in the belief that she could be rehabilitated. Instead Nerissa killed her and stole her identity.
- Gaining the Will to Kill: When she killed Yua the Banshee by mistake, she was horrified. A year later, having thrown herself into her studies and grown into a Knight Templar, she slaughters the Great Barons of Creznac without a second thought.
- Godhood Seeker: Wishes to ascend to godhood and rule the Known Worlds, her husband and son at her side.
- Happiness in Minimum Wage: Worked as a grocery store cashier after high school in order to support her and Cassidy's living arrangement.
- Heel Realization: At one point during her isolation in Mount Thanos, Nerissa realized that she was indeed in the wrong with everything she did in the events leading up to Cassidy's death, which was in fact her fault alone.There was no magical corruption, was there? There was no greater purpose. There was no accident. There was no mistake. There was only her. Only Nerissa Crossnic. That it was all her. Is her.
Only her.
She killed Cassidy.
She killed Cassidy because, when she should have stopped... When she should have grabbed Cassidy's hand and listened to her and talked to her... When Nerissa should have been thinking about Cassidy... Nerissa Crossnic was thinking only about herself. - Hidden Depths: In high school, Nerissa was both a grade A student and a musical prodigy.
- Ignored Epiphany: Unfortunately for everyone, the above-mentioned Heel Realization didn't last, as her continued isolation meant that there was no one to guide her through it, and she ended up relapsing into her Knight Templar views.
- Irony: Constantly internally pats herself on the back for being The Chessmaster. However, she doesn't even know that Cyrus Ludmoore is one of the members of her small council.
- Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: The first time she killed someone (namely Yua), she was horrified by it. To cope, she threw herself into studying magic and becoming more controlling, eventually becoming a Knight Templar.
- Knight Templar: She’s utterly convinced that everything she's doing is for the greater good of creating a peaceful universe, no matter who has to suffer in the short term.
- Married to the Job: Took her duties as Guardian very seriously, to the point of abandoning her years-long ambition to become a flutist and later pushing aside all other personal needs and ambitions.
- The Mole: As per canon, she's pulling double duty on this, serving as the Rebellion’s mole in Phobos' castle in her Trill disguise, while in her disguise as the Mage she's a leading member of the Rebellion.
- Necessarily Evil: She believes her actions are justified if they have a purpose.
- The Paragon Always Rebels: The Sages said that she was the most powerful and gifted Guardian of Quintessence in several generations, and she ultimately turned on them due to being dissatisfied with Kandrakar's flaws.
- Power Nullifier: Is able to force Roberta back into human form.
- Pragmatic Villainy: In her disguise as the Mage, she chooses to heal Jade from Tharquin's torture only to further put the Rebels and Guardians in her debt.
- Spanner in the Works: Despite being The Chessmaster, she’s been caught off guard by other characters' schemes several times:
- While she was manipulating Phobos for years before his coup, him killing his parents wasn't part of the plan. Nor was Cedric manipulating him into the attack on Zamballa that led to the Veil being raised.
- Wong and Cedric planning to usurp Phobos catches her entirely off guard, threatening to throw her plans Off the Rails.
- Start of Darkness: When she killed Yua the Banshee on a mission before learning that her actions were due to a plague that had been affecting the people of her world (Yua being the bearer of her world's Heart), which led to her slowly becoming a Knight Templar before eventually crossing a line by killing all the Great Barons of Creznac, which caused her to lose the Heart of Kandrakar, attacking and killing Cassidy in response. Then, after the Mage freed her, hoping to help reform her, Nerissa repaid her by killing her and stealing her identity.
- Tragic Villain: Nerissa was once a heroic young woman who was close to her friends and had a loving girlfriend. However, her frustration with Kandrakar, her willingness to kill, and her obsession with power and control eventually cost her everything, now leaving her as just a bitter cynic trying desperately to recreate those happier days and prove she was right all along.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Her response to the Mage freeing her from her imprisonment was to kill and impersonate her.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: She justifies herself by saying that every terrible thing she does is for the purpose of bringing peace to the Known Worlds.
- Wizard Duel: Gets into one with Wong in Chapter 22.
- Xanatos Speed Chess: When she realizes that Wong is more dangerous than she first thought, she decides to let his plot against Phobos play out, figuring she can adapt her plans to deal with whoever comes out on top.
- Villain Corner: We see in her Start of Darkness chapter how Nerissa slowly became more controlling and willing to kill to achieve her goals.
Charles Ludmoore
A Knowledge Broker who sells information to anyone for the right price, declaring himself neutral in all conflicts. In fact, he and his brothers are Playing Both Sides of the conflict on Meridian, as part of their family's mysterious Long Game.
- Affably Evil: He puts on a stoic, yet benevolent facade even as he's blatantly manipulating people for his own gains and making no attempt at hiding the fact.
- An Arm and a Leg: Elyon blasts off one of his hands as he's fleeing his attacked manor. He replaces it with a wooden prosthesis.
- Artificial Limbs: The new wooden right hand he makes for himself after Elyon blasts off his original one. After stealing Wong's magic, he's able to animate it.
- Assimilation Backfire: His absorption of Wong's magic and powers has made it harder for him to control his anger.
- Batman Gambit: He plants an Oni mask under a mountain in the same area that the Guardians and Jade's class are visiting on a ski trip, then tips both Wong and Hak Foo off to it. This triggers a massive fight, which he uses as cover to retrieve the Sword of the Berserker, which is buried under the same mountain.
- The Chessmaster: He's Playing Both Sides on Meridian, and also manipulating events on Earth, for the sake of his family's Long Game.
- Collapsing Lair: He has his mansion set to explode in case it's ever raided. He sets this off when Elyon and Phobos' forces attack.
- Cruel Mercy: Lets Wong live after stealing his magic, leaving him with nothing.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Deeply cares for his brothers, and has fond memories of their mother.
- Exact Words: He offers to save Wong after he's seriously wounded during his failed coup, getting the wizard to promise him "anything" in exchange. So what does he take? All of Wong's magic, including his stolen Talisman powers; they count as "anything", after all.
- King of Thieves: He's known as "King Smuggler", for his dominance of the inter-world black market.
- Knowledge Broker: He's set himself up as for people on both Earth and Meridian.
- Neutral No Longer: After Elyon goes to Meridian, he has Cedric convince her and Phobos to attack his manor, giving him a pretext to abandon his neutrality and join the Rebellion.
- Nice to the Waiter: His first scene has him cheerfully greeting Blunk and asking how his mother is doing. According to Blunk, he's always kind to the Passlings he trades with. And when profits are good, his first thought is that his employees deserve a raise and now he can give them one.
- Opportunistic Bastard: Despite having a Long Game in place, he knows how to take advantage of new situations when they arise.
- Original Character: He shares a last name with Jonathan Ludmoore from the comic, but he was created for the story. One of the epilogue chapters of Part 1 shows that Jonathan Ludmoore was his ancestor.
- Our Mages Are Different: Eventually learns how to use Chi Magic in addition to his natural Raw Magic, making for a rare combination.
- Playing Both Sides: Is expertly doing this with the war on Meridian, aided by having one of his brothers as a high placed mole on both sides.
- Truce Zone: His manor is neutral ground, something that he will enforce on anyone who tries to violate that neutrality.
- Wicked Cultured: He enjoys the finer things in life, including books and wine.
- Xanatos Speed Chess: His family has a long-term plan in place, but he keeps the details flexible enough to adapt to changing circumstances.
The Cavalcade of Horrors
A group of Eldritch Abominations which dwell in the depths of the Shadow Realm. Their master is an entity of immense power which is keeping a close eye on events in the moral world.
- All-Powerful Bystander: Saṃsāra used to be this, a being that technically had tremendous power, but lacked the means to apply that power to affect reality. But with Jade transplanting everyone from her old universe into Xin Jing's, now it suddenly can affect the new universe.
- Ambiguous Innocence: This is part of why they have always intrigued Tarakudo — their treatment of everything like it's some kind of sick joke only they understand makes him wonder if they're really actively malicious, or if they're mentally more like cruel children, viewing acts of destruction and madness as games and jests.
- Can't Kill You, Still Need You: They prevent Tarakudo from killing Nimue because their master's plan requires her to still be alive for now. And he's given a warning that the same applies to Jade.
- Dream Weaver: The Master is capable of entering Hay Lin's psychic dreams and shutting them down.
- Eldritch Abomination: A whole group of them. Their forms are fluid, constantly changing, with the only consistencies being having tentacles and too many eyes. And whatever the hell their master is, it's implied to be even worse.
- Expy: Their master is apparently based on the Idea of Evil.
- Meaningful Name: Saṃsāra, the master of the Cavalcade, is named for the realm of existence related to rebirth in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. And it has watched countless universes be born, die, and be replaced by new ones.
- Nothing Is Scarier: Their master has yet to be seen, but is hinted to be the most dangerous being in the story. While at the end of Season 1 we still don't know what their master is or what it's truly capable of, we do get a name for it: Saṃsāra.
- Original Character
- Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Their master apparently remembers the pre-Merged Reality world.
- To Create a Playground for Evil: Saṃsāra's end goal is to use Xin Jing's power to turn every universe in existence into its plaything, so it won't be bored anymore.
- Unseen Evil: Their master is a so far unseen being of such power that Tarakudo (who has no problem talking back to the rest of them) is clearly terrified of it. Until the final chapter of Season 1, where Jade does see it. It appears to her as a massive, greyish-blue moon that beats like a giant heart and is covered with massive yellow eyes.
- Villainous Rescue: When they step in to prevent Tarakudo from killing Nimue.
Shendu
The dragon Demon Sorcerer of Fire and the Chan Clan's Arch-Enemy, his actions kickstart the story when he destroys the Book of Ages.
- Evil Is Petty: The story starts with him destroying the Book of Ages and triggering a Time Crash in order to spite Jade's victory over him.
- Greater-Scope Villain: His actions are directly responsible for the story's plot, as they result in the Merged Reality the story takes place in. That said, he hasn't appeared in the story since the opening scene.
- Our Demons Are Different/Our Dragons Are Different: Is a demonic dragon sorcerer.
- Sore Loser: He destroyed the Book of Ages when sealed away again solely to spite Jade and the other heroes and make sure that if he couldn't have the Earth, no one could. It doesn't even count as a Taking You with Me moment, because the Demon Netherworld being a separate realm from Earth means that it wouldn't be affected.
The Jiangshi
An ancient Chinese vampire, which feeds on people’s chi rather than their blood.
- Ancient Evil: He's been around a long time.
- Arc Welding: In canon, he was a oneshot villain with no known connection to Wong. Here, he's the one who gave Wong the mouths in his hands which let him drain people's life-force to extend his lifespan.
- Evil Cripple: When not at full strength, he's blind.
- Evil Mentor: Played this role briefly to Wong when they first met and agrees to serve in that capacity in a larger way when Wong seeks him out again after being stripped of his powers by Ludmoore.
- Our Vampires Are Different: As per canon, he feeds on chi rather than blood.
- Villain Team-Up: Wong seeks him out after losing all his power, and agrees to serve him in exchange for being restored.
Drago
Shendu's son, who in the Merged Reality has been imprisoned in Cavigor for decades.
- Actually Pretty Funny: Finds Jade calling him a "gecko" humorous, and laughs when he hears how she blew up his father.
- Antagonistic Offspring: He laughs when Jade tries to use the fact that she blew up his father to goad him.
- Crazy-Prepared: Has a backup plan for escaping Cavigor, in the form of pumping his fire magic into the walls and foundations, so that they'll eventually collapse, allowing him to flee in the chaos.
- Didn't See That Coming: Didn't expect a Veil to be up before he got a Quintessence zap to the face trying to open a Fold.
- Half-Human Hybrid: His mother was apparently human.
- Horrifying the Horror: Calisto is one of the most powerful and dangerous characters in the story, yet Drago terrifies him.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Being in prison for years, he had no idea that the war had gotten bad enough to set up a Veil.
- My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Could somehow sense that the Guardians were coming to Cavigor days before they did so.
- Our Demons Are Different/Our Dragons Are Different: Like his father, he's a demonic dragon.
- Play-Along Prisoner: Turns out, he could have escaped his cell at any time. He just needed something to distract the guards. In fact, he was spending that time pumping the foundations of Cavigor full of his magic so he could collapse it whenever he finally got out.
- Playing with Fire: As to be expected from a dragon, he has this ability.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: When introduced, he's been locked up in Cavigor's lowest level for 16 years.
- Taking You with Me: Was perfectly willing to die in Cavigor's collapse if it meant taking out Jade, Will, and Cornelia.
