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World of Gotchard

The Entity from the Door of Darkness (MAJOR SPOILERS)

Gigist

Portrayed by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (voice), TBA (suit)

The Dark King and God of Malice

A dark and malevolent entity who is sealed behind the Door of Darkness and desires the destruction of the human world. He is said to have the power to turn everything into gold.

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• Big Bad: He is the main antagonist of the series, being the master of Geryon and the Three Dark Sisters, the entity sealed in the Door of Darkness, and the source of all malice in the world of alchemy.
• Dark Is Evil: His appearance gives the visage of a dark entity whose powers are associated with darkness itself.
• Eldritch Abomination: The first one in the entire franchise to be a Lovecraftian entity. After he's fully unsealed, Gigist takes on a humanoid form.
• Evil Is Bigger: His arm is at least a mile long when inside the Door of Darkness.
• Famed In-Story: He appears in Rinne's bedtime story as the demon that the Daybreak Alchemist defeats.
• The Man Behind the Man: He is Geryon's master and the source of his dark alchemy powers.
• Meaningful Name: His name is possibly derived from Hermes Trismegistus (ヘルメス・トリスメギストス/Herumisu Torisumegisutosu), the mythical founder of Hermeticism; alchemy was also referred to as the "Hermetic arts".
• Red Baron: The Dark Sisters refer to him as the "Dark King".
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Gigist was sealed inside the Door of Darkness 120 years ago by the Daybreak Alchemist. Geryon and the sisters' goal is to release him in order to cover the entire world in gold and suspend everything. Geryon nearly succeeds in unsealing him, but he was defeated by Houtaro and dragged away by Gigist.
• Super-Empowering: He can bestow other powers to his servants, as shown when he gives Clotho a beastly armor which covers her entire body up to her mouth.
• You Have Failed Me: He does not take kindly to Geryon's defeat at the hands of Houtaro and takes him away.

Geryon/Kamen Rider Dread (VI)

Portrayed by: Kenta Kamakari

The Dark Alchemist

An evil alchemist who oversees the activities of the Three Dark Sisters.

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• Abusive Parents: A disturbingly realistic example in regards to his relationship with the Dark Sisters, considering they're eventually established to be homunculi he presumably created. He effectively uses them as tools regardless of their own well-being, but, like many abusers in real life, occasionally shows them kindness purely to keep their loyalty. The trio even end up filling abused child archetypes; Atropos tries to copy his behavior and is rewarded by him for it, Clotho is disgusted by his treatment of the others but doesn't speak up for fear of being targeted herself, and Lachesis eventually becomes so terrified of him she ends up recognizing that her only option is to leave to ensure her own safety.
• Arc Villain: He's the main antagonist of the third arc, as he's the ones that bring the stakes even higher towards the heroes.
• Arch-Enemy: To Supana, being the one who killed his parents and the cause of his quest of revenge.
• Asshole Victim: There's clearly no shred of sympathy for Geryon when Gigist drags his sorry ass inside said dark dimension, judging by his depraved acts of unethical experiments he performs on people.
• Bad Boss: He has no pretenses of caring for the opinions or desires of the Dark Sisters, seeing them as little more than puppets or tools. This eventually leads to Lachesis attempting to break away from his influence.
• Card-Carrying Villain: He doesn't even bother justifying his actions.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "Be covered... in gold!"^note 金色に染まれ!/Konjiki ni somare!, when creating a Malgam using a Malice Doll.
  • He's also rather partial to "chemistry".
• Character Tics: #19 opens with him fiddling with a golden Rubik's Cube.
• The Corrupter: Being an alchemist himself, he used his mind-altering powers on the Alchemist Union higher-ups in order to frame Fuga as a traitor, and he also did the same thing to Minato's allies in the academy by killing each other in order to bring Minato into utter despair.
• Disproportionate Retribution: Minato only tried to restrain him using alchemy once, and for that, Geryon killed his best friend, brainwashed the students to kill each other, and refused to either kill Minato or erase his memory just to let him wallow in guilt and despair.
• Dragged Off to Hell: For failing to regain the Chemies after Minato frees them from his grasp, Gigist drags him into the darkness.
• The Dragon: Revealed to be this to Dark King Gigist
• The Dreaded: Even the Dark Sisters are wary of angering him.
• Establishing Character Moment: Our introduction to him is when Atropos announces he is about to make his move, which causes both Clotho and Lachesis to freeze in fear. He then possesses Lachesis and forces her into a Malgam transmutation with Jyamatonoorochi, ignoring her calls for help.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Geryon sees Houtarou's beliefs as complete nonsense that makes the junior alchemist a weakling, and just to break his spirits plans on crushing him for it. This costs him dearly in the end.
• Evil Former Friend: Being a peer whom Minato looked up before learning the man instigated as attack on the academy. He did nothing to calm Minato before forcing the youth to watch him murder his friend, forcing Minato to retain the memory to make him suffer and use a leverage to force his assistance.
• Evil Is Petty: Geryon will plot the most horrific counterattack against even the slightest forms of resistance to his plans, which is further detailed in Disproportionate Retribution above.
• Eviler than Thou: He made Lachesis dfect from his good, which is no mean feat considering her earlier evil deeds.
• For Science!: Or "For Alchemy!", rather. One of his motivations is to conduct experiments using forbidden alchemy that not only violate the laws set by alchemists but also treats human and Chemy lives as expendable.
• For the Evulz: Even if Geryon's only working towards his own goals, this doesn't stop him from doing pettily cruel acts just to amuse himself.
• The Ghost: He wasn't physically seen until #16.
• Gold-Colored Superiority: Geryon wears the same gold-red Alchemy Ring as Fuga does, meaning that he's an S-class alchemist, and used to be a professor in the Alchemist Academy.
• Hated by All: The only ones with any form of Undying Loyalty towards Geryon are Atropos and the Malice Dolls, with his sheer sadistic and egotistical nature driving everyone else away; The Alchemist Academy outright opposes him, the Chemies refuse to associate with him, and even Lachesis desserts him the moment the madman crosses the MEH. Even his own master sees him as an overconfident and useless fool, and doesn't hesitate to dish out a final form of punishment when Geryon ultimately fails for the last time.
• Hate Sink: Geryon only grows more and more despicable as the series goes on and it's clear that not only does he not care about the Chemies, but he doesn't give a damn about other humans, either, and he is more than willing to invoke malice in others for his experiments and even kill or brainwash others to kill each other. It's clear to see why the Alchemist society painted him as the villain of their most famous story; it's the only way they could see him.
• The Heavy: As the superior of the Dark Sisters, he was the one pulling the strings until #27, when he's overshadowed by Dark King Gigist.
• High-Class Glass: He's an S-class alchemist wearing a very prim and proper suit and he sports a monocle over his right eye.
• Hoist by His Own Petard:
  • His declaration to make sure Minato remembered the massacre of his fellow classmates bites him in the ass because this gives Minato the motivation to fight back and end Geryon's schemes.
  • His abuse towards Lachesis and subsequently Mind Rape on Supana ends up being the catalyst for her to switch sides.
• Humans Are the Real Monsters: Geryon's the utter epitome of this trope for the series, and his despicable behavior makes him feel more at home in one of the more adult-oriented series.
• Inconsistent Spelling: Some subs have him listed as "Glion."
• It's All About Me: Geryon doesn't care about anyone, not humanity, the Chemies, or even his own subordinates. He only cares about opening the Door of Darkness so he can turn the entire world to gold, including everyone who lives in it.
• Knight of Cerebus: Enters the story while Houtaro is still riding high from making peace with various Level 10 Chemies and triumphing during his crossover film with Geats, bringing his spirits way down and raising the stakes in the process.
• Lack of Empathy: His coldness and nonchalance for anyone else makes Atropos of all people look motherly.
• Loves Only Gold: The man is obsessed with gold. He wears golden accessories, carries a golden Rubik's Cube, creates Golden Malgams, and is revealed to want the power to turn the world into pure gold, freezing it in place.
• Mad Scientist: Alchemist maybe, but even if he doesn't show it often, he's as mad as the stereotype suggests.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Geryon was a mythological giant of Ancient Greece who dwelt on the island of Erytheia and was defeated by Heracles. He is commonly depicted with three heads, which in this case refers to the Three Dark Sisters and utilizing Dread's Type-Three form.
  • Geryon is also the name of a demon in Dante's The Divine Comedy that takes Dante and Virgil from Hell's Circle of Violence into the Malebolge levels. Fitting with the series' alchemy theme, he is depicted as a chimera with the face of an honest man, the paws of a lion, the body of a winged dragon, and a long tail with a scorpion's stinger. The figure's position as a Monster of Fraud plays into Geryon being The Corrupter and his fate.
• Midas Touch: His motivation for opening the Door of Darkness is to gain the power to cover the world in gold and keep it in stasis.
• Pet the Dog: Played With: He apologizes to Atropos in #19 after the Cerberus Malgam accidentally attacked her, but he did this out of pragmatism.
  Geryon: Atropos... I'm glad to see you're all healed. [strokes her arm gently] It was never my intention for you to get hurt.
• Sadist: He doesn't show it often, but when he does, he leaves Lachesis in the dust. In fact, it scares her.
• Shadow Archetype: Houtaro is a person defined by his optimism, altruism, all-loving nature, and non-malicious demeanor. Geryon is the polar opposite of all of those traits and represents what Houtaro would've been if he never had them to begin with.
• Symbol Motif Clothing: The jewelry on his necklace and torso are patterned in a sephirot-like formation.
• Uncertain Doom: It's unknown what happens to him as he gets dragged into the Door of Darkness, but whatever happened to him is not pretty. To add to the confusion, his golden Rubik's Cube (which was able to contain Dragonalos, one of the oldest and most powerful Chemies in existence) is pulsating as Atropos picks up.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: As deplorable as all of the show's villains have been, they do relatively little to detract from Gotchard's optimistic direction. Geryon, however, single-handedly makes the series into an extended horror movie, and that's just in the first 3 episodes that feature him in person.
• Villainous Breakdown: He finally loses his smugness in #27 when Minato turns on him and Hotarou rescuing the chemies. He tries to attack Platina Gotchard in anger and vanity, but is severely outclassed.
• Would Hurt a Child: Geryon's fantasy of preserving the world in gold includes a visual of him gleefully popping a bubble a little girl was blowing. And no, he shows absolutely no remorse for the whole thing.

The Three Dark Sisters

In General

From left to right: Lachesis, Atropos, and Clotho.

A trio of dark alchemists who seek the GotcharDriver in order to open the "Door to Darkness".

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• Ambiguously Human: The three of them have many different characteristics that call their humanity into question, particularly the fact that Atropos is the oldest sibling yet has the body of a child. All of them also look exactly the same as they did ten years ago.
  • Atropos also claims the clearly inhuman, artificial Malice Dolls created by Geryon are their "older brothers," further casting doubt on the idea.
  • Lachesis said that humans can only handle a Malgam transmutation with only a single Chemy, but she can handle 2 Chemies easily.
  • When presented with a full plate of food in #31, Lachesis states that she doesn't need to eat for sustenance, unlike regular humans.
  • #32 ends all ambiguity by revealing that the trio are homunculi.
• Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: Lachesis is the Beauty as the most conventionally attractive of the three alongside her Femme Fatale aesthetic, Atropos is the Brains as the apparent leader and planner of the three, while Clotho is the Brawn given her preference for getting up close and physical in combat.
• Big Little Brother: Clotho and Lachesis are taller and look older than Atropos, due to the latter resembling a child.
• Bling of War: All three sisters wear accessories in metallic gold and silver.
• Co-Dragons: #5 reveals that they are this to Geryon, though Atropos is shown to be the leader.
• Dark Is Evil: They are the main antagonists, and are clad in all black. Their ultimate goal is to open the "Door to Darkness", which will plunge the world into eternal darkness.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: All three of them have asymmetrical elements to their outfits. Atropos wears lipstick that's red on one side and black on the other, while Clotho and Lachesis wear veils that cover up different parts of their face.
• Fighter, Mage, Thief: Of the three sisters, Clotho is the Fighter, preferring brute force attacks, Atropos is the Mage, eschewing direct combat and preferring to attack from range with alchemy, and Lachesis is the Thief, using underhanded tactics as well as making use of techniques like mixing Chemies as a Malgam/Mixtus.
• I Just Want to Be Loved: Ironically, despite their general opposition to the concept of The Power of Friendship, it's implied that deep down they're in denial of their own desires to have friends and family. Lachesis eventually defects upon realizing Good Feels Good, Clotho wants nothing more than to get her sister back after the former does so, and even Atropos is implied to have only stepped up her villainous actions due to wanting to avenge Geryon.
• Magic Knight: Lachesis and Clotho fight with both armed martial arts and alchemy.
• Meaningful Name: They're named after the Fates from Greek Mythology.
• The Three Faces of Eve: Played With. Appearance-wise Clotho is the Wife (being the tallest), Lachesis is the Seductress (due to her Femme Fatale aesthetic), and Atropos is the Child (due to resembling a literal child). However, when it comes to their actual personalities Atropos is the Wife (the eldest and the apparent leader of the trio), Lachesis remains the Seductress (as her Combat Pragmatist tendencies fit with her aesthetic), and Clotho is the Child (due to her eagerness to get into a fight).
• Nice Mean And In Between: After Geryon's debut, Lachesis is the nice, being the most openly uncomfortable with his grand plan. Atropos is the mean, as she has no remorse for even her sisters when Geryon's will is being defied. Clotho is the in-between; she still serves Geryon but hesitates in attacking Lachesis.
  • Following Geryon's defeat, this becomes even more pronounced: Lachesis (nice) has defected entirely from her sisters, Atropos (mean) is dead set on continuing Geryon's ambitions, and Clotho (in-between) is still willing to work with Atropos but doesn't want Lachesis to leave them fully.
• Villains Out Shopping: The Three Dark Sisters Presents Kamen Rider Gotchard ~ Tangential Plans - New Year's Eve Special features the trio sharing a kotatsu as they rib each other, poke fun at the show, and plug upcoming movies and programs.
• The Weird Sisters: They're a trio of powerful alchemists who are even named after the Moirai or Fates of Classical Mythology.
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: As indirectly stated by Atropos after killing Shiori, the Dark Sisters largely forgo any form of comradery, finding the concept to be too vague and indecisive to be a reliable form of power. Considering how the Gotchardriver and it's Chemy system works, however, it's immediately clear that the Sisters' opinions on this are dead wrong, especially considering that the one using the system is a Nice Guy who has the best chance of using it to it's full potential.
  • This becomes especially poignant when Houtarou gains access to the powers of Super Gotchard. Only Houtarou's method of befriending Chemies allowed him to utilize the powers of Level Number 10 Chemies, putting him at a decisive advantage over them.
  • Rinne theorizes that at least Atropos derides these ideas because she secretly wants to experience them herself.
  • Lachesis is the only one who starts to understand how these bonds are important after she defects from the trio.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Not only do they eliminate agents that have served their use, but once they believe they've squeezed enough data and resources from Houtarou as their Unwitting Pawn, they try to kill him in earnest as early as the twelfth episode.

Atropos/Kamen Rider Dread (V)

Portrayed by: Itono Okita

The eldest and leader of the Sisters.

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• Arch-Enemy: To Rinne, having targeted her multiple times to play on her trauma of (seemingly) getting betrayed and losing her dad. She even forces the alchemist to choke herself at one point.
• Big Sister Bully: Downplayed. Atropos treats her sisters with a reasonable amount of respect, but after Lachesis began separating from them she made it clear that she will kill her if she gets the chance.
• Brainwashing: This is her primary means of attacking people; by making them attack themselves. Unfortunately, this is her only main move in combat, which can take her out of a fight once someone gets past that.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Lachesis and Clotho regularly attack using a weapon or their fists, respectively, when engaging in combat. Atropos, however, prefers to brainwash her victims into inflicting self-harm. This unfortunately means that when Renge and Sabimaru use Zukyumpire's abilities to No-Sell her attempts to brainwash them, Atropos is left with nothing to retaliate with.
• Dragon Ascendant: She becomes the new primary antagonist after Geryon's defeat.
• Dragon-in-Chief: While all three of the sisters obey Geryon, Atropos is shown to be the one Clotho and Lachesis defer to.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Despises Rinne's kindness and desires to reach out to her or that bonds and love are actually powerful.
• Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Atropos' appearance leads to her looking rather adorable, but she's the most evil of the sisters by far, which is more pronounced after Geryon enters the picture.
• Hate Sink: Out of the Three Sisters, Atropos is the only one on board with Geryon's plans without any second thoughts and she's not above throwing Lachesis under the bus once she's branded as a traitor. The fact she picks up on his worse traits only add to the matter.
• Hypocrite:
  • Rebuffs the idea of friends and family even though she works with her sisters.
  • Mocks Rinne for being the pampered one when it's shown that Geryon always showed favoritism for her.
• Lack of Empathy: The only one of her sisters not to show concern when the others are weakened or being mistreated. Even her own sisters aren't any exceptions, with Lachesis being slated for execution following her defection.
• Laser-Guided Karma: She immobilized Rinne so that she could be mauled by the Cerberus Malgam in #19. Guess what happens to her and who has to save her keister?
• Long-Range Fighter: She seems to have a preference in attacking from a distance and doesn't let her opponents get close.
• Meaningful Name: She's named after the oldest sister of the Fates, who decided the ultimate fate of mortals and cut the threads at the end of their lives.
• Mind Control: Possesses this ability; #11 has her take control of an entire school populace, while #12 has her brainwash Sabimaru into transforming into Dread.
• Not So Stoic: She begins angrily rebuffing Rinne when the latter tells her that her dismissal of friendship and family hints to Atropos wanting said things for herself.
• Older Than She Looks: She's the eldest of the sisters, but looks like a preteen girl.
• Pintsized Powerhouse: She's much smaller than her sisters, but is quite powerful. In battle, she often doesn't even need to move, using alchemy to both attack and defend herself quickly. She can also handle (if briefly) Kamen Rider Dread Type One, whereas Clotho got overwhelmed just by using Type Zero. Unfortunately, this is rendered moot by Atropos possessing the physique of a pre-teen, which is further compounded by the fact she actively avoids physical combat.
• Psychological Projection: Many of the things she hates about Rinne are actually aspects she has about herself. One of them is how she is disgusted at Rinne being the pampered one, when it's shown many times Geryon dotes on her the most.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Her eyes glow red when she uses her powers.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to her younger sisters' red. She's no saint by any means but Atropos is more coldhearted and composed, being nowhere near as impulsive and bloodthirsty as Clotho or as sadistic and vindictive as Lachesis.
  • Inverted after Geryon's defeat, where she becomes the most openly apathetic compared to her sisters.
• Revenge: Swears vengeance on the heroes for Geryon's defeat and apparent death.
• Sadist: She proves to be more sadistic than Lachesis, as Atropos clearly relishes turning Sabimaru into Dread, especially when she forces him to transform by asking him to remind her what a Rider's magic phrase is.
• Squishy Wizard: Unlike her sisters, Atropos has the physique of a pre-teen and as such is not able to contribute much outside of ranged attacks. The one time she engaged in physical combat was with the usage of the Dreadriver, and even then she only lasted briefly before ditching it.
• Too Much Alike: Aside from Rinne just being a goody-two shoes, Atropos hates her because Rinne brings up that they have many similarities.

Clotho

Clotho/Kamen Rider Dread (III)/Clotho Rebis

Portrayed by: Kanon Miyahara

The middle Sister, and the most physical of the trio. She later becomes the third Kamen Rider Dread.

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• Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Inverted. Her outfit is a tanktop that exposes her midsection, making her the most lightly dressed compared to her sisters. However, she is the most aggressive and confrontational of her sisters. Following her Mid-Season Upgrade, she begins wearing a different suit based on early concept art, which covers considerably more skin than her original outfit.
• Baritone of Strength: Has the deepest voice of the Sisters, and is the physically-strongest of them.
• Blood Knight: She's acting like a school bully and eager to get into a fight, and even serves as Gotchard's first enemy by absorbing Kamantis to become the Mantis Malgam.
• The Brute: Clotho is the most aggressive of the Sisters, and the one who relies on brute strength and hand-to-hand combat the most. This is best exemplified in #15 where she faces off against Gotchard as Dread and employs martial arts more than her cards.
• The Bully: Her attitude is that of a punk who picks up on other humans in order to increase their malice.
• Et Tu, Brute?: She is shocked and hurt that Lachesis is betraying them and very hesitant to even hurt her little sister, unlike Atropos who has none and attacks as Dread Type-One.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Is visibly alarmed after seeing Geryon force Lachesis to transform into the Orochi Malgam. She also shows reluctance in fighting a defecting Lachesis, which causes Atropos to step in and do the dirty work instead. In #30 she tries to beg Lachesis to come back but the latter refuses because of Atropos. #32 reveals her true desire to be having her sisters by her side with all their strife behind them, though she never reveals this to anyone else.
• Friendship Denial: Refuses Hotaro's hand in friendship in #32 by kicking it. It's a miracle Hotaro's hand wasn't broken from that!
• Lack of Empathy: Crossed with It's All About Me. After Zukyumpire learns the true nature of what his plan is doing, Clotho forces him to continue with it with no regards for the Chemy's opinions, only wishing to use the energy to make herself stronger despite already getting an upgrade.
• Meaningful Name: She's named after the youngest sister of the Fates, who wove the threads of life of mortals.
• Mid-Season Upgrade: In a bid to gain favor with Geryon, she asks for a portion of his power to help defeat their foes, which Geryon acquiesces to. This grants Clotho an updated version of her outfit, allows her to turn into a Golden Malgam, and even combine the power of two Chemies from different categories. She gets another one from Gigist called Clotho-Rebis, in the form of a beastly armor covered in crimson and black which further increases her primal instincts.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: Clotho's second upgrade courtesy of Gigist gives her red-ringed irises, which also make her eyes glow red when she's channeling her power.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the aggressive Tomboy to Lachesis's Girly Girl.

Lachesis

Lachesis/Kamen Rider Dread (II)/Kamen Warrior Valvarad (II)

Portrayed by: Alisa Sakamaki (live), Yuki Miyazawa (suit)

The youngest of the Sisters, who specializes in a type of alchemy that controls free will. She later becomes the second Kamen Rider Dread.

After she defects to the Alchemists' Academy, she uses a second Valvarusher and the Repli-Madwheel Chemy Card to transform into the second Kamen Warrior Valvarad.

Tropes applying to her in general

• Combat Pragmatist: In contrast to Clotho's direct approach to combat and the Chemies, she's more willing to resort to underhanded tactics like entrapping Houtarou and Rinne, as well as attacking the latter from behind and taking her as a hostage.
• Cool Sword: Unlike Clotho, who prefers using good old-fashioned fisticuffs, Lachesis primarily brandishes a wavy scimitar whenever she has to get up close and personal. In fact, she and Spanner deadlock each other when untransformed in a swordfight, though Kamen Rider Dread tips the scales in her favor. She later receives a Valvarusher from Kyoka in #31, much to Supana's chagrin.
• The Corrupter: She tempts humans into giving in to their malice, turning them into Malgam hosts.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She reacts with visible fear at Clotho overclocking the DreaDriver with Antrooper Repli-Chemy cards, crying for Clotho to stop before she kills herself. In #30 she stops Supana from finishing off Clotho before Minato teleports himself, Kyoka, Supana, and her away.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Despite her sadistic nature, Lachesis is nowhere near as soulless as Geryon as she is genuinely shocked and horrified in #20 when she witnesses Geryon and the Angel Malgam torturing Supana with images of his dead parents (and it should be noted Supana's memories of seeing them dead have been suppressed for years by Kyouka) into becoming the Wheel Malgam.
• Good Feels Good: She subtly has this in #27 when she makes a small smile and says "My pleasure" when Kyoka thanks her for helping Minato.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Shown in both the end of #19 and beginning of #20 she's not at all happy about Geryon being as parental of Atropos as he's been.
• Green Thumb: She has a preference for using Plant Chemy Cards, whether as a Malgam or as Dread.
• Hazy-Feel Turn: After seeing Geryon's immense sadism firsthand that outdoes her own, she becomes paranoid and fears that he might dispose of her. When he gets what he wants, she decides to break away from him and by extension her sisters, currying favor with Minato in the process (who she believes is working with the Riders in secret). This later turns into a full-fledged...
• Heel–Face Turn: Firmly establishes her allegiance to the Alchemist's Academy in #30, joining as Kyoka's assistant. Despite this, she still has a soft spot for her sisters, as shown by her preventing Supana from landing the finishing blow on an untransformed Clotho.
• Irony:
  • The Dark Sister who relishes in sadism and manipulating people finds herself on the receiving end of it from her own creator, which causes her to attempt to switch sides.
  • Lachesis, the youngest of the three, is the one who grows up and recognizes how toxic and abusive Geryon really is.
• Meaningful Name: She's named after the middle sister of the Fates, who measured the length of mortals' threads of life.
• Palette Swap: Her version of Valvarad is almost identical to Spanner's, but has green stripes on the sides of the helmet and chest.
• Properly Paranoid: She is absolutely terrified that Geryon will eventually pull an You Have Outlived Your Usefulness on the Three Sisters and proposes that they all strike at him before it is too late. Considering the kind of man he's proven to be throughout the story at that point, Atropos and Clotho really should have listened to her. Because of this, she goes to Minato and eventually breaks away, being adopted by Kyouka.
• Sadist: Lachesis tends to taunt her victims, although she dropped it after her Hazy-Feel Turn kicks in.
  • She revels in Rinne's Heroic BSoD after revealing that her father was killed. In #12, she forces Rinne to watch as Kamen Rider Dread beats down and nearly kills Hotarou.
  • She also humiliates and threatens to kill Sawa's father in front of her when he begs Lachesis to let Sawa go in exchange for his life.
• Spanner in the Works: Implied to be the one who created a portal to Ouroboros world for Minato to enter in #27.
• A Taste Of His Own Medicine: Lachesis tended to blackmail, torture, or demean her victims to get them to do her bidding. She stops doing this after Geryon puts her on the receiving end.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the elegant Girly Girl to Clotho's Tomboy.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: She assumes that Minato is The Mole and that his defection was a test for his students, and as such tries to cozy up to him under the belief that this means he'll spare her from Geryon. When she finds out this isn't the case, she's terrified and resorts to begging him to protect her.

Soldiers

The DreaDriver/Kamen Rider Dread

Portrayed by: Yuya Nawata (suit)

DreaDriver voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu

Dread: Zero-shiki.^note Type-Zero

Dread: Ichi-shiki.^note Type-One

Dread: Ni-Shiki.^note Type-Two

Dread: San-Shiki^note Type-Three

A sentient Driver created by the Dark Sisters out of pure human malice, which grants the ability to transform into Kamen Rider Dread.

For more details on its users, see Sabimaru, Minato, The Three Dark Sisters, and Geryon's sections.

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• All Your Powers Combined: Type Three uses the armor of both Type One and Type Two, and wields both their respective weapons.
• Ambiguous Situation: A lot of the darker elements of using the DreaDriver aren't made explicit, leading to this trope.
  • Does Dread actually kill any Repli-Chemy it uses for a Blood Drain or Sacrifice? The noises it makes (and the word "sacrifice," of course) while performing the process suggest so, but the DreaDriver's parts list dances around the issue, and so does the way the Dark Sisters talk about the Repli-Chemies. With all of the above considered, it could be taken to mean that this is either not the case, that it is and there's so many cards in storage that they've become expendable, or somewhere in between.
  • Does becoming Dread actually kill you slowly? Atropos makes it clear that Sabimaru's life was in peril since it does, but its later users (who are either homunculi or more higher-ranked alchemists) don't have that same effect apply for them. Likewise, the parts list dance around this issue.
• Animated Armor: The Driver and armor is semi-sentient, and can force its user's body to move whether they want to or not. Even after Super Gotchard manages to separate its hosts, the armor stands up on its own and seems to try staggering towards him.
• Badass Cape: Type One grants Dread a new shoulder cape evocative of Kamen Rider Beast's mantles.
• Big Red Devil: Type Two evokes this imagery through the Repli-Daiohni card, which grants it left-side armor based on a red oni, and is definitely villainous in nature.
• Blinded by the Light: When scanning the Repli-Pikahoutaru card, Dread releases a bright light to distract its enemy.
• Bright Is Not Good: Type One is accessed using the Repli-Unicon card and grants Dread new armor while recoloring existing armor pieces, all with a silver finish. This doesn't make it a heroic Rider, though.
• Carry a Big Stick: Type Two uses a giant club dubbed the Bloody DO, though humorously, it more accurately resembles a bloody tree branch.
• Cast from Lifespan: Atropos mentions that every transformation into Dread drains away Sabimaru's life-force. It's not clear whether this is from directly reducing his lifespan, or because the audible damage that it causes to his body simply from moving around will kill him. Clotho and Lachesis later clarify that lower-ranked alchemists are unable to handle the strain of the Driver.
  • #15 demonstrates that even the Sisters themselves aren't exempt as Clotho nearly overtaxes herself with the system via an overabundance of Repli-Antrooper cards.
• Dance Battler: By scanning the Repli-Odorippa card, Dread incorporates the Chemy's dance abilities.
• Dark Is Evil: Unwilling variant; Dread's armor is pitch black with fiery orange openings, and Sabimaru only becomes Dread under Atropos's Mind Control.
• Evil Counterpart: The Dread system is pretty much the antithesis to Gotchard's; while the latter cooperates with the Chemies and borrows their power when he uses their cards, Dread's usage of the Repli-Chemy cards practically sucks out their lifeforce for an ambiguously-grisly fate, either to generate weapons or enhance the user's natural attributes.
• Evil Evolves: It's implied it has an ability to learn and grow from its users. The whole reason Sabimaru was chosen as its first user was simply to assimilate his knowledge of Chemies, regardless of whether he survives being used by it.
  • Further, the fact that the DreaDriver mentions the form type in its transformation statement implies more growth can produce more types.
• Evil Sounds Deep: The DreaDriver's voice is a deep, ominous rabble, courtesy of Ryōtarō Okiayu.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Going beyond Type Zero adds additional armor to the suit, but only on one particular side at a time. Type Three uses both Type One and Type Two armors at the same time, continuing the trend.
• Feral Villain: When it's separated from a host, Dread is reduced to zombie-like shuffling and animalistic gurgles.
• Finishing Move:
  • Dread Breaking: Dread cranks the DreaDriver's lever once.
    • Type-Zero: Dread enshrouds his foot with molten energy and unleashes a roundhouse Rider Kick.
  • Blood Rain: Dread scans up to three Repli-Chemy Cards in the DreaDriver, allowing the user to transmute attacks or weapons.
    • Repli-Gekiocopter: Dread summons four missiles-shaped energy projections that follow their enemy and could explode upon impact.
    • Repli-Flayrose: Dread hand is covered in pink aura before they blow it, sending countless amount of rose petals that explodes in quick succession upon impact.
  • Blood Sacrifice: Dread scans up to four or more Repli-Chemy Cards in the DreaDriver, allowing the user to transmute attacks or weapons.
    • Repli-Gorillasensei: Dread conjures a fist made out of a sand-like substance, which it then slams down on the target.
    • Repli-Antrooper (x10): Dread summons at least 4 clones of themselves, imbued with super strength and orange aura to attack the enemy.
    • Repli-Madwheel: Dread creates a giant tire with spikes on the rim before launching it at the enemy.
• The Gunslinger: Wields two pistols dubbed the Bloody BBs in combat, granted via Repli-Bulletbaang.
• Kick the Dog: Licht and Supana may see the Chemies as non-sentient tools, but at least they don't think they belong in the woodchipper for that end. Dread makes no such reservations, although the blow is softened somewhat by using Dark-type clones of the originals.
• Knight of Cerebus: After the relatively low stakes and upbeat tone of the first act, Dread is a brutal No-Nonsense Nemesis who forces the protagonists to face their mortality and that they're not simply playing a critter-catching game.
• Legacy Character: The title of Kamen Rider Dread has seen multiple bearers in-series.
• Me's a Crowd: Dread can use multiple Repli-Antrooper cards to create multiple clones of itself in battle.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: You probably don't want to be anywhere near someone named "Dread".
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: Dread uses a minimalist slow-walk combat style similar to Kabuto or Build under the influence of the Hazard Trigger. When it's at risk of serious injury, it has no qualms about retracting its helmet to remind Houtarou that it has Sabimaru held prisoner inside it, guilting him into pulling his punch, and when it's done brutalizing Valvarad and Gotchard in its first appearance, it promptly walks up to the defeated Houtarou and starts beating him to death by repeatedly punching him in the face. This leaves Houtarou so injured that even getting a new weapon, normally something that would guarantee the protagonist's victory, does practically nothing to turn the situation around because he only has enough strength left to swing it twice.
• Painful Transformation: The suit produces enough force to crack Sabimaru's bones with every little movement it does.
• Poisonous Person: By scanning the Repli-Venomdake card, Dread can release poisonous gas from its body.
• Projectile Webbing: By scanning the Repli-Catchula card, Dread can capture enemies with webbing.
• Rage Helm: Dread's helm, the Dread Mask, resembles a horned human skull.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: The DreaDriver is dark gray with red-and-black trim, and as a creation of the Dark Sisters' villainy is all but assured. This is further reinforced in Type Two, which grants Dread crimson armor on the left side of the suit and is used by Geryon himself.
• Red Baron: Is dubbed "the Malevolent Destroyer" by Atropos.
• Royal Rapier: When evolved into Type One: Dread uses a rapier weapon called the "Bloody UC".
• Rule of Three: The cards used to transform into Dread are all marked with multiples of three (Steamliner at 9, Unicon at 3, and Daiohni at 6).
• Scarf of Asskicking: Has a white one that flows down to waist level, though unlike Gotchard's which is mostly pristine, Dread's is shabby-looking and war-torn in appearance.
• Shadow Archetype: Dread manages to be one to all three Alchemist Riders: Zero-Shiki's debut juxtaposes Hotaro's willingness to don the mantles of Alchemist and Kamen Rider via Sabimaru's manipulated state, Ichi-Shiki's debut under Minato plays a dark version of a mentor-student battle with Rinne, and Geryon using Ni-Shiki sets him up as Supana's psychotic foil.
• Sickening "Crunch!": Every time the suit moves, something cracks in Sabimaru's body with this sound effect. In fact, this happens outside of the transformation too, as the same crack sounds when Sabi's arm is pulled back by itself when he tries to stop himself from transforming.
• Sinister Scythe: Dread can launch green energy scythes, granted by the Repli-Kamantis card.
• Spikes of Villainy: Types Zero and One don't make it a prominent motif, but Type Two has the trope written hands down.
• Super-Speed: Granted via Repli-Skebows.
• Super-Strength: Granted via Repli-Wrestler G, and also incorporates wrestling moves.
• Sword and Gun: In addition to the Bloody BBs, Dread also wields a ninjato dubbed the Bloody AB, granted via Repli-Apparebushido.
• Theme Naming: Parts of the DreaDriver and Dread's armor are named after Egyptian deities.

Malgam

The monsters of Kamen Rider Gotchard. See here for examples.

World of Legend

Hundred

A terrorist organization from Houou Kaguya Quartz's dimension whom he fights to protect his people. Having initially introduced in the Gotchard VS Legend mini-series, they make a full-time appearance as they invade the main Kamen Rider dimension as they look for a certain super weapon to rule both dimensions.

In General

• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: The Kamen Rider Outsiders are a group of anti-authoritarian anarchists assembled by Foundation X to oppose Zein, a rogue AI that's bent on eradicating malice by wiping out 99% of the human population. Hundred is an evil organization that's solely bent on interdimensional conquest much like Dai-Shocker. The Project Outsiders candidates are villains from past Kamen Rider seasons, whereas Hundred can copy powers of Dark Riders through their advanced threatening technology. Both villains even oppose a Rider whose powers are derived from Kamen Rider Decade — Zein's Zein Cards are Evil KnockOffs of Decade's Rider Cards, of which Zein uses to stoke fear and terror towards any perceived opposition against its malice-free utopia, whereas Legend is a Rider based on Decade who uses his powers to protect his people.
• Evil Versus Evil: For some reason, their presence in the main Kamen Rider dimension attracted the attention of Zein, a tyrannical artificial intelligence that has placed the entire world under constant surveillance, as part of its crusade against malice.
• Outside-Context Problem: They join the fray in #32 as they search for the Legend Kamen Riser in the World of Gotchard, inserting themselves into the fight between two factions of alchemists.

Generals

Saigetsu/Kamen Rider Dark Kiva (IV)/Kamen Rider Ark-One (II)/Ark-One Malgam

Portrayed by: Katsuya Takagi (live), Masato Tsutamune (suit)

Tropes applying to him in general

• Borrowed Catchphrase: Uses a variant of King/Bat Fangire's "It's extinction time!" as Dark Kiva.
• Character Catchphrase: He's partial to "scrap".
• Meaningful Name: His name is derived from 歳月 ("[the] years" in Japanese).
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: His outfit features red trim on black, and he is shown to be the most brutal of the trio. This also extends to him as Dark Kiva.

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Dark Kiva

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Ark-One

• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: While the first Ark-One key was originally created to feed off of the Cycle of Revenge and corrupt Aruto Hiden's heroics, Saigetsu's use of the key is fully malicious from the get-go. It is also eventually fully corrupted by Malgam transmutation, the opposite of what the Ark intended to do through As.

Mimei/Kamen Rider Glare (II)

Portrayed by: Fumi Taniguchi (live); Yuki Miyazawa, Nanako Sakai (suit)

Tropes applying to her in general

• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Girori genuinely believed in true heroism and his villainous acts as Glare were only sparked by his misguided attempts to cater to that belief. Mimei, on the other hand, is a full-on villain with little to no heroic virtues.
• Do Not Go Gentle: Runs into Zein, who is clearly more powerful than her, but she transforms into Glare again and goes down fighting, despite going down really quickly.
• Killed Off for Real: She gets unceremoniously killed by Zein in the wrong place at the wrong time.
• Lady of War: She gives off this vibe, given her uniform resembles a kimono, and she has a giant freaking katana holstered on her waist.
• Meaningful Name: Her name is derived from 未明 ("[early] dawn" in Japanese).

Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider Glare

• Red and Black and Evil All Over: Even more so than the original Kamen Rider Glare.

Tasogare/Kamen Rider Eternal (III)

Portrayed by: Ryuma Hashido (live/suit)

Tropes applying to him in general

• Borrowed Catchphrase: Uses a variant of Daido's "Now, have a little taste of Hell!"
• Large Ham: Appears to be the most florid of the trio.
• Meaningful Name: His name is derived from 黄昏 ("twilight" in Japanese).

Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Eternal

• Light Is Not Good: It's not Kamen Rider Eternal without this trope.

Soldiers

Alpha

Portrayed by: Yu Miyazawa (live)

The captain of the Kasshines and the one leading the raid to find the Legend Riser made by Kaguya.

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• All Your Base Are Belong to Us: The first time we see him in #32, he's leading a raid on Kaguya's base to claim the Legend Kamen Riser as part of Hundred's plan to achieve world domination. The device escapes his grasp, forcing him to trace it to Houtaro's world.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Upon seeing that Clotho and Houtaro have mowed down his platoon, he wisely decides to withdraw from the battle. Platina Gotchard uses Akumanocaris to stop his retreat.
• No Body Left Behind: After getting defeated, his body crumbles to nothing.
• Small Role, Big Impact: He only shows up for one episode (#32), but he's the one who resumes Kaguya's subplot by way of trying to claim his newly developed Legend Kamen Riser and leading the rest of Hundred to converge on Houtaro's world (via activating his tracking device right before dying), forcing Kaguya to travel there to stop them and reclaim his gadget.

???/Kamen Rider Ark-Zero (V)

Portrayed by: TBA

A recreation of the Satellite Ark's first physical form in Hundred's employ, used by an unknown host.

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• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: While Ark-Zero's first four users were androids commandeered by the original Ark, this Ark-Zero is but a soldier for the human-led Hundred.

Miscellaneous

The Savior (unmarked franchise-wide spoilers)

Zein/Kamen Rider Zein

Portrayed by: Tōru Ōkawa (voice), Kenya Saitō (suit)

A rogue Artificial Intelligence from the world of Kamen Rider Zero-One with access to dimension-warping technology and the powers of all heroic Kamen Riders. Initially created to eliminate what remained of the Ark and its followers, Zein soon decided that humanity's surveillance and subjugation was necessary to prevent the Ark from ever rising again. Stealing the body of an alternate Yuto Sakurai from a Bad Future to give itself a physical form and restarting Kamen Rider Chronicle to begin culling the human population, Zein has since turned its attention to the world of Gotchard following Hundred's assault.

See here for tropes related to its appearances.

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