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    Esdeath 
Esdeath, Goddess of Sadism (General Esdeath, The Empire's Strongest, Esdese, "I am a Sadist", The Queen of Cold Kick)
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    Yuuki Terumi 
Yuuki Terumi, God of Assaulting the Helpless (Hazama, Kazuma Kvar, the True Evil, Dark Susano'o, Takehaya-Susanoo-no-Mikoto, The One True Susano'o, Susan)
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The Bastard Himself
Susano'o 
  • Greater God (Overdeity as his original self, Susano'o)
  • Symbol: The Ouroboros symbol along with his Emblem. Hakumen's mask corrupted with glowing green eyes and a Slasher Smile (Susano'o)
  • Theme Song: When as Terumi-Hazama persona, Endless Despair and Endless Despair II; when in full-on Terumi persona, Silent Scream, SIX-HEROES (Shares this theme with the rest of the Six Heroes); MUST DIE as Susano'o; HAKAISHIN Susano'o's boss/unlimited theme
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil with a touch of Neutral Evil
  • Portfolio: Pimpin' Outfits, Trolling, Almost Slaying God, Hating Goddamn Shitty Vampires and Beastkin, Insanity, Eyes Always Shut, Jerkassery, Immense Cruelty For Cruelty's Sake, Unremitting Depravity and Loving Every Second of It, Having to Rely on Others' Hatred for Him to Stay Alive, Considering Oneself the Awesome Center of the Universe, Plans That Always Further His Goals, Far more evil expy of Gilgamesh, Being Universally Hated by All and Feasting on it, Making People Play Straight Into His Hands, Refusing to Just Die No Matter What, Regaining His Original Form Through Fusion
  • Domain: Despair, Chaos, Evil, Knowledge, Manipulation, Madness, Corruption, Depravity, Hatred, Divinity, Fusion, Darkness
  • High Priest: Count Radiguet
  • Followers: Colonel H. Stinkmeaner, Hermann Fegelein, Dr. Ver, Gerald Broflovski, Lennart Bedrager
  • Allies (Possibly): Relius Clover, Hazama, Zamasu, a few of the Magnificent Bastard gods. However, he is just using them to further his goals, and they, in turn, are using him for theirs. Sosuke Aizen, however, is very fond of him, as he reminds him of Gin somewhat. Also Curren Huckebein, Monsoon, Raynare, Ryoma Sengoku, Medusa Gorgon, Shinnok, The Flood, Hisoka, Majora's Mask, Flowey, Dark Danny, Felix, Number 96: Black Mist, Evil gods in the House of War, Ramsay Bolton, Evolto
  • Troll Buddies: Bernkastel (while in "Trollkastel" mode), Handsome Jack, Enter, Izaya Orihara, Nui Harime, Nefarian
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Dio Brando, Dracula
  • Subordinates: Junko Enoshima & Monokuma, Redyue
  • Enemies:
  • Opposes: Izanami (from Persona 4, mind you).
  • He is the one who will halt time's march and return the world to its original form. This is not very pleasing news for Dio Brando, since that was supposed to be his job.
  • In the words of Terumi, which he insists to become the one truth, the whole Pantheon is a lie, thus, there's one truth that he'd like to show: DESPAIR. He's not gonna ask Despair of the Endless to bring it forth; he wants his own brand of despair. Needless to say, many gods completely disagree. But some gods who are aware of the Fourth Wall see that he does have a point about everything being a lie. At least in some small sense.
  • Terumi, alongside with Johan Liebert, was also involved in Yuno Gasai's ascension to the Pantheon into the House of Emotion, and, to a lesser extent, Love and Affection, by respectively trolling and manipulating her into murdering the would-be holder Kaede Fuyou (the anime edition) without Yukiteru Amano knowing about it.
  • Has lately been seen hanging around with the Incubators, hoping to revive the old days before Madoka Kaname rose, during which Magical Girls could be engulfed in despair. He didn't quite take the fact that Usagi Tsukino was the Predecessor into account.
    • Terumi himself seems to have a weird thing going on for one Incubator called Kyubey. On one hand, he's extremely delighted that Kyubey gets to generate a lot of hate with movements like "Everybody Hates Kyubey", etc. However, he's a bit miffed that the hatred was not directed to himself.
  • The GUAG has been plotting to overthrow him, especially for those who consider him nothing more than a whiny, pathetic little coward behind his bravado and "luxury of Plot Armor". However, he may or may not be plotting to usurp Melkor in a covert fashion alongside Relius.
    • The full extent of this turns out to be that he's trying to usurp not just Melkor... but the whole Pantheon, everything for himself, so he can watch all those Gods squirm, struggle, and kill each other for his own amusement. He has struck the first deal by having his 'allies' Troll Weil, so he could claim his devil aspiration and malice for himself. Apparently, after Weil, Ali al-Saachez and his throne of For the Evulz is going to be Terumi's next target, followed by Geese Howard and Rugal Bernstein, also Shao Kahn, and probably his 'former roommate' Gilgamesh for his throne of self-aggrandization.
    • Unbeknownst to him, Bernkastel plots to usurp his Trolling portfolio.
    • Hades has already claimed Terumi is just keeping the crown warm for him.
      • But once it assured that Hazama would be the one to keep the title of Trolling God, Terumi had a good laugh at Hades.
  • Was once utterly humiliated by Deadpool, who called him small-time in terms of utilizing Memes and the Fourth Wall. He only managed to retain his Trolling God position by getting the ASW higher-ups to not fulfill Deadpool's wish of him not appearing in the next BlazBlue game.
  • Is one of the evilest deities in the Pantheon aside from Made of Evil deities like Nyarlathotep and Melkor. He's tied with Dr. Weil, barely past Johan Liebert and Relius Clover, and only surpassed by Griffith, Zamasu and Majin Buu in the depravity department. This also makes his fiction one of the darkest fictions ever.
  • With the ascension of his former follower Handsome Jack as the God of Petty Villainy, rumors have begun to spread that Terumi, Izaya, and Jack have allied themselves as the "Troll Triumvirate". The rumor, of course, was started by them as their first act of tripled trolliness. Now revamped to Trollkaiger, with Bernkastel as the fourth member.
    • His designation is Trollkai Green; he's the leader of the group. Got demoted as Bernkastel's second-in-command.
  • When he learned about the ascension of Junko Enoshima & Monokuma, Terumi laughed so hard he cried as a form to show how much he's proud of them, his finest apprentices on the arts of spreading despair; he promises to one-up them by making something worse than "The Worst, Most Despair-Inducing Incident in the History of Mankind".
  • Everything was eventually found to be against Terumi's favor when it turned out that he was killed by Hakumen. In a sense that he's utterly trashed, but he was saved in the nick of time by Nyarlathotep, who proceeds to taunt the hell out of him for how much of a chump he turns out to be and decided to keep him in the Pantheon so he will become a laughing stock of many Gods here. Oh and Bernkastel grins evilly here, this means she has all she needs to demote Terumi as the leader of the Trollkaiger and take over for herself. Terumi did not take it well, and looks forward to rubbing the "Fear Toxin Incident" in Nyarlathotep's face, it being a failure of epic proportions on Nyarly's part. That is, after the Crawling Chaos regenerates himself after being nuked by an utterly enraged Madoka.
    • Terumi is planning his revenge against Hakumen and to restore his reputation.
    • However, what most Gods may not know that before Terumi got beat up by Hakumen, he and his Hazama half got separated into two entities. Where Hazama is keeping a low profile for the time being, mainly only visiting the House of Knowledge to do research on other gods in secret, he is looking in the shadows to see what will happen next. He has been researching Izanami so that he and Terumi know how to deal with their universe's Izanami if they return.
  • If there is one thing that you shouldn't try to counteract Terumi's actions is that of feeding him food from a Lethal Chef. He actually adores stuff like that, saying the more disgust others would be by it, the more delicious it is.
  • Got pissed off when he learned that Kokonoe managed to have Lambda-11 ascended after he was certain he killed her, and then got then more pissed off when he learned that she was returning to the battle lines.
  • Some say Raynare is a creation of the mind of Terumi made to cause extreme psychological damage to Issei Hyodo. Raynare and Terumi haven't commented on that regard, but Terumi is utterly delighted to see that Raynare has screwed Issei up in romance and made him unable to confess to his haremettes. Rumor has it that Terumi himself has planned Raynare's ascension all along just to let her screw with Issei once more...
  • It is heavily rumored that it was Terumi, bitter about his constant failures and ridicule around the Pantheon, that allowed The Flood to enter the Pantheon. While it is unknown if it is true (for Terumi could have just been lying his ass off), the Gravemind has a very special interest in him and seeks to teach him the finer points of bringing true despair to others through its particular brand of torture. For just like Terumi, the Gravemind also desires to bring unlimited despair to the Pantheon, and it too seeks revenge for sins long past. Needless to say, this has made Terumi very happy.
  • He was NOT happy to see his former follower Vector ascend and betray him. Terumi is planning to make him regret doing that.
  • Even though he died at the hands of Hakumen, he still is in the next chapter of his home-series. No one knows how he came back, or what are his plans, but many deities surely aren't pleased whatsoever. Then it was revealed he never died because of Hakumen, but instead managed to No-Sell the effects of Time Killer, though not without consequences. Needless to say, he's been laughing his ass off at the looks on everyone's faces, including Nyarlathotep and Bernkastel, the latter of whom he claimed better be prepared to hand the crown of trolling back to him.
    • In fact, while many have seen this as him getting his well-deserved karmic payback and moved on... Terumi DOES NOT forget such humiliations, and swore that the whole Pantheon will pay for his humiliations, he's going to make them all his bitch.
    • For his first strike, he first manipulated the Lunari sympathizer Diana to get him to aid his assault on Amaterasu with chances that the Moon throne will no longer belong to Amaterasu, and they succeeded, though the throne didn't get to Diana and Terumi ended up failing to kill Amaterasu as she ended up gaining a humanoid form in exchange. If you wish to know why he staged it in the first place? He says it's For the Evulz, but in truth he remembered a Noodle Incident where the dog!Amaterasu tackled and humiliated him by striking him and ending with her peeing on his face as "payback for his general bastardry towards humanity". No way he's going to let a mutt like her get away humiliating his radiant self like that.
    • As his true self Susano'o, he hates any deity that has anything to do with Amaterasu's name, especially the goddess herself. While none of them are the same type of Amaterasu from his homeworld he intends to destroy them all none the less.
      • He actually did attempt to fight her in this form one other time, this time, more in secret lest other deities begin to pray for her safety. However, he still had two other people he had to worry about. One was the Prince of All Cosmos, who served as a Spanner in the Works, telling his father, the second person Terumi had to worry about, and having them arrive and save her by exhausting Susano'o by having the king fight him. Susano'o held his own against the king, but the Prince eventually somehow managed to roll him up into a Katamari that was turned into a small sun to help heal Amaterasu. Ever since then, the King has become a massive wall between him his revenge on Amaterasu, and after reviving in his Terumi form, he has sworn revenge against the King of All Cosmos. His response? Toss one of Amaterasu's bagged "accidents" at him, having it explode all over his face. He had to steal the only shower from the House Of Family for two hours to clean up, leaving a mess on the way in to also get his daily despair desire in. And nobody's gonna let him forget it.
  • A lot might say that he has crossed the Moral Event Horizon ever since birth and his other atrocities were merely Kick the Dog. However, if there's another level of Moral Event Horizon that existed, he definitely crossed it with his overenthusiastic antics to break Nagisa Furukawa, starting from emulating the voice of Tomoya Okazaki to make Nagisa feel horrible, making Black Humor over her death, and hammering home that her family looked so miserable in her departure that they died miserably, all just to see Nagisa keel over in pain because of her illness. This would've killed her as well if it wasn't for her friends sending her to the nearby doctor. Why is this especially bad? Because unlike his other victims like Noel, Tsubaki and Litchi, Terumi did this knowing full well that Nagisa is a non-combatant. The sight of him torturing those who couldn't even fight back was considered extremely vile even for Pantheon standards, especially knowing the nature of Nagisa's origin. His reaction? He's so happy he's Laughing Mad that he broke a new record of vileness and wants to see more exciting misery above that.
  • In light of the above, something else needs to be explained regarding Terumi. He is literally fueled by The Power of Hate. By stoking everyone's hatred towards him, he increases his power and sustains his existence. This is why he so often seen in many profiles across the Pantheon engaging in some act of malicious trolling. While usually, his acts are more of a great annoyance that often gets rebuffed or paid back violently, it still builds up the sustenance of ire in his direction. And then he crosses the line and does things like the above that are capable of truly causing harm.
  • His quest for misery had led him Commander Peepers who was alongside Hater at the time. Paying no mind to the skeleton, he decided to mess around with the eyeball alien to the point that his eye was burning up from being spat in and irritated. He was laughing his ass off about how much pain he was causing Peepers and how much hate he was feeling to further his powers, only for Peepers to make a remark that Hater ALSO gained powers from hatred, and he was NOT amused by Terumi trolling Peepers. He woke up in the House of Life And Death after being brutally assaulted by Hater and all the hate he was feeling. He was NOT amused upon learning that he actually ascended as a god because of this incident, and the fact that Hater's power from hate is strong enough to bring him back from a Disney Death.
    • One such instance was having his Trollkaiger group troll him into submission. Needless to say, it didn't go well. Because of this incident, Lord Hater is around the top of his threat list as well as Trollkaiger's "Do not enrage" list.
  • He and Hazama have been completely separated as of Central Fiction. They work together, yet Hazama seems to have his own plans.
  • He also regained his true power after getting revenge on Hakumen, killing him and taking back the Susano'o Unit (which, as it turns out, originally belonged to him), attaining the power level of an Overdeity and once again becoming his true self: Takehaya-Susanoo-no-Mikoto, god of storms and darkness, Satanic Archetype of the BlazBlue Universe and destroyer of worlds.
  • As Susano'o, Terumi's influence is present, but he has lost his trademark insanity. While his arrogance remains, Susano'o is a terrifying monster who will destroy everything in sight, seeing that it is his divine right to do so. Unfortunately for him, Ragna still managed to blow him away, but the force remains within him. This also draws ire from the actual Susanoo in the House of Pride and Egotism for daring to sully his name by flanderizing his past. Even so, Terumi's essences remain within the Pantheon, but while he did not lose any ranks, he was severely depowered. That being said, he can easily remedy that by reassuming his Susano'o guise to give himself a massive power boost, not to mention that the power he lost is gradually returning, so it won’t be much of an issue for him. He's also claimed that As Long as There Is Evil (or people who think he's such a cool villain worth worshipping), the Pantheon will never get rid of him.
  • Severely disappointed at his former subordinate, Monaca Towa, for jumping ship and joining the Itazura Griefers, much to the chagrin of Junko and the rest of Trollkaiger. He has vowed to "tear her a new asshole" when he catches her, but so far he's been busy with other things and doesn't have the time, nor the will, to hunt her down.
    • He also showed severe disapproval in Junko for her simply brainwashing Ultimate Despair into loving despair, alongside their teacher, and having her sister do all of the tough work for her, calling her lazy and how it severely degraded her as a threat, enough to the point he decided to refuse her into Trollkaiger, walking and laughing all the way.
      • As of now, the two did team up one more time to try and ascend an enemy of the King himself from his dimension, and found Roboking as a result. Seeing how his Robo-Katamari once caused an apocalyptic scenario within the King's world, the two of them tricked Roboking into ascending and starting a war with the King again. Unfortunately, this stopped shortly after the Prince caught wind of them and managed to talk him down. Even worse, the King now just knows who ascended his most hated enemy from his dimension. Cue Junko and Terumi trying to pin the blame on the other and preparing for the worst.
  • While incredibly strong as Susano'o, he has been beaten on some occasions. For example, one day while fighting the LOL Rangers as Susano'o, he managed to severely wound several of its members, but despite that, they managed to lure him into a trap created by Usami. Using magic that she learned from Amane Nishiki, she quickly trapped him into a circle and turned him into a strange but harmless black version of the creature known as "Pakumen". While he got better, the mad god is pissed at the little rabbit creature for humiliating him and viciously mauls any copies of her when he sees them. Of course, the LOL Rangers are proud of themselves for managing to troll someone as powerful and evil as Susano'o, but they're also more wary of him because of how risky it was and because Susano'o came really close to killing them several times in the process.
  • One of Terumi's more surprising hobbies is playing the guitar and being really good at it. Sometimes he even heads over to the house of music to have a duet with I-No.
  • Even he's surprised by how well he gets along with Zamasu now. They initially got off on the wrong foot, with Zamasu taking offense to him invoking the name of Susano'o, a god, whenever he saw fit, and Terumi getting pissed off by his long-winded monologues the former spewed out. But when push came to shove and Terumi needed someone to help reclaim his original body and remembering his own overbearing contempt for mortals and hatred for his "big sister" and superior god, he saw an opportunity to work with the fallen Kai. Needless to say, Zamasu's killing of his masters, and nearly every other god who would stand in the way of his freedom and the eradication of all mortals positively delighted Terumi, as did learning that the god took great pleasure in rubbing the death of Goku's family by Goku's body in Goku's face. Now, he can almost appreciate Zamasu's rantings: it's basically just a more eloquent version of Terumi's own ego-stroking. It's also helped by the revelation that Terumi isn't actually a mortal taking a god's name as many deities (including Zamasu himself) originally thought, but actually is the god Susano'o, meaning he was never even mortal, to begin with. The new partnership naturally alarms nearly everyone else in the Pantheon.
  • Has a very… specific hatred towards Neo in particular, as least as Susano'o. While he says that her illusions mock him presence, the fact that she is able to get under his skin so badly without saying a word is quite something.
  • His misdeeds towards the members of Gensokyo are definitely ones that have not been lost on their minds. One case was when he, along with Dio & Alucard, raided the Scarlet Devil Mansion and held Remilia Scarlet hostage in order to keep the at-the-time GUAE member Sakuya Izayoi, Remilia's servant, in line. However, an organized effort with the rest of the SDM's previous inhabitants and Seija Kijin would allow Sakuya to rescue her mistress & get her ascended. For a while since, he wouldn't really aggravate the land of fantasy, but recent developments have put him back in their headlights.
    • The tumultuous relationship Terumi has with Seija in particular has seen far more downs than ups. At first, they seemed to be friendly trolling buddies with each other, and Terumi has even proposed the idea of enlisting Seija to the Trollkaiger, a proposal that Seija considered at first but would eventually turn down. As both settled into their respective roles of their tomfoolery groups (with Seija heading the Itazura Griefers & Terumi vying to maintain Trollkaiger leadership), the amanojaku's animosity would slowly bubble towards the surface as she learned more about Terumi. This all came to a head in the temple of one Kosuzu Motoori, where the duo would cross paths once more, Seija being there just to annoy Kosuzu while Terumi investigated the bibliophile's demon books. What followed was a very volatile argument between the duo on their respective morals and ideologies, a dispute that turned into a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Terumi's end as he, in a fit of anger, decided to and succeded at murdering Seija right then and there.
      Terumi: You know? I thought you had it in you, bitch. I thought you can stoop low to our level and cause true chaos and malice. Instead, you're just a meddling and annoying coward. You're a fraud, a faux, a fake to what I live off of- malice for the fuck of it. And now, Seija, you'll learn exactly why I am the God of Assaulting the Helpless; PREPARE YOUR SORRY CONTRARIAN ASS, BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO BREAK IT!
    • What Kosuzu (and Twilight Sparkle would return to later that day was a destroyed Suzunaan, a massacred collection, and a dead Seija, who was later revived in the House of Health and Diseases. While the physical damage was repaired, the emotional, psychological, and social damage that Terumi had dealt was incomprehensible and resulted in all of Gensokyo up in arms about the event. Everyone from there had made Terumi the topper of their shitlists, the Sages of Gensokyo have officially branded Terumi as a main threat to Gensokyo's safety, and therefore have authorized the use of Impossible Spell Cards and even the fullest extent of their powers against him, and Seija herself, when she was revived, is more than livid about what had been done to her. Ironic, considering that Seija herself was previously put in this position, albeit with just the "Impossible Spell Cards" implication.

Intermediate Gods

    Junko Enoshima and Monokuma 
Junko Enoshima and Monokuma, Destroyers of Hope (Junko: The Mastermind, Super High School Level Gyaru/Ultimate Fashionista, True Super High School Level Despair/True Ultimate Despair, Super High School Level Analytical Prowess/Ultimate Analyst, Ryōko Otonashi, Super High School Level Forgetful Girl, Super Duper High School Airhead | Monokuma: The Headmaster, Super High School Level/Ultimate Despair Headmaster Monobear, BW Bear, Totes Sinister Bear-in-Command)
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Junko Enoshima holding Monokuma
  • Intermediate Deities
  • Symbol: Monokuma himself
  • Theme Songs:
  • Alignment:
  • Portfolio:
  • Domain: Chaos, Domination, Madness, Evil, Death, Despair, Anarchy, Terrorism, Nihilism.
  • Followers: The Phantoms, The Over Lord Inves, Beroba/Kamen Rider Beroba, Space Shogunate Jark Matter
  • Heralds: Mukuro Ikusaba, The Monokuma units, the Monokuma Kubs, the rest of Ultimate Despair and Team Danganronpa
  • Allies: Tsumugi Shirogane (her biggest fangirl), the GUAE Trollkaiger (especially Enter, and Yuuki Terumi), Despair of the Endless, the Incubators, Johan Liebert, Larxene, Kirei Kotomine, Gleeman Vox, Nobuyuki Sugou/Oberon the Fairy King, all ascended Toku villains (especially Ryoma Sengoku/Kamen Rider Duke, Katsumi Daido/Kamen Rider Eternal, Redyue (an ascended follower), Kogane/Kamen Rider Mars, Tenjuro Banno, Evolto, and SHOCKER), Ghatanothoa
  • Confliciting Opinions: Dr Eggman
  • Former Ally: Monaca Towa
  • Rivals: Nui Harime, Nurgle (one-sided on his part)
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Eliza and Neil Reagan, Masamune Dan/Kamen Rider Cronus
  • Enemies: Every single other deity from the Danganronpa series, especially Makoto Naegi and Monomi/Usami, the entire members of GUAG Toku Division, especially Kouta Kazuraba/Kamen Rider Gaim and Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Genm, Doraemon, Yu Narukami, Madoka Kaname, Haruka, Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito, Asuna Yuuki, Shino Asada/Sinon, Steven Universe, Jotaro Kujo, Team TRY Fighters, HappinessCharge Pretty Cures, Princess Pretty Cures, Akane Tsunemori, Guts, Haru Glory, Elie, Satellizer el Bridget, Chiffon Fairchild, Rana Linchen, Elizabeth Mably, Flynn, Gracia, Monkey D. Luffy, Portgas D. Ace, Naughty Bear, Rei Shingetsu/Vector, The King Of All Cosmos, Roboking, Sonic the Hedgehog, Undyne, Alphys, Gerald Robotnik, Maria Robotnik, Shadow the Hedgehog, every Hope Bringer in general
  • Annoyed by/Fears: Wander, Light Yagami, Rem, That other Junko alongside any deity with emotion controlling abilities or karmic powers
  • Opposed by: Sakazuki, Badgirl
  • Hope's Peak Academy, a specialized high school in the center of a large city, founded by an enigmatic entrepreneur for the sake of cultivating personal talent to create hope, sanctioned by some form of Japanese government, and led by a nebulous steering committee after its founder's passing. Already a place that sounds more ominous than it should, its danger became apparent when a strange asymmetrical-colored autonomous robot bear took over the school, laid claim to being its headmaster, and subjected sixteen students of the 78th class batch to take part in a deadly game: the High School Life of Mutual Killing, or in short, the Killing School Life.
    • The students were forced to either live in the school forever, or create the perfect murder and get away with it in order to be the only one set free. Because the students weren't very keen on becoming murderers, Monokuma would also devise special incentives which wound up encouraging some of them to kill classmates. However, this soon became ineffective as Kyoko Kirigiri and Makoto Naegi got closer and closer to the truth about all of the school's events leading up to that point in the game. During the do-over of a class trial surrounding the murder of Junko Enoshima, Monokuma and his mastermind decided to gradually reveal during the final class trial.
    • The murdered student was NOT Junko Enoshima, but rather her sister. The real Junko was Monokuma's creator as well as the mastermind of the entire game, who'd "ended" the world outside Hope's Peak by inducing a horrible event known as "The Worst, Most Despair-Inducing Incident In The History Of Mankind", resulting in the Academy being treated as a last refuge instead of a school, then wiped the memories of the other students in order to start the killing game as an attempt to destroy the final vestiges of hope in the world. When Junko engineered a final vote wherein all the students had to choose hope (leaving the school and braving the outside world) or despair (staying in forever in exchange for Makoto's death), Makoto's appeals to hope over despair successfully won over the remaining survivors. Junko subjected herself to the "ultimate punishment" she'd intended for Makoto while delighting in feeling her own despair over the failure of her plan.
  • Despite said failure, Monokuma and his mastermind are considered to be the finest of Terumi's students even after their ascension. Not only does Enoshima love despair, even her own, what they did with "The Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History" actually made Terumi shed proud tears. As a matter of fact, their house is the exact place where Terumi used to reside before he moved to the House of Hatred. After simultaneous events culminated in both Terumi's downfall to his world's Centralfiction, as well as the full detailed scope of The Tragedy finally being revealed in all its horrible glory, Enoshima decides to do her best to surpass Terumi in despair-inducing and depravity.
  • Monokuma currently runs a "school" in the Pantheon's Academy, where he indulges getting any inductees there to kill each other. Enoshima, masterminding this, wants to prove that even the best of the Pantheon Academy can have its dark side to be extremely dark. The Academy is pretty aware of their evil so they try their best to avoid it. When that doesn't happen... Monokuma resorts to kidnapping and brainwashing.
  • She absolutely hates Flynn for taking down The White, an incarnation of humanity's despair, and for acting as a Hope Bringer Messianic Archetype for humanity in the face of Gods prior to his ascension. Despite his vast powers, she's still keeping an eye on defeating him, lest he messes with her plans on a cosmic and heavenly scale.
  • Although capable of getting killed, Junko enjoys the hell out of despairing herself, so it threw a dilemma to those who want to bring her down... they have to first dispel their love for their own despair.
    • One such way? Simply writing down in a Death Note "A death that Junko Enoshima can't enjoy no matter what," like what Rem instructed Light Yagami to do upon hearing of their vile acts. Due to it being too catastrophic with its collateral damages, they were offered various ways of forgetting such a destructive act, but ultimately declined, passing off as saying "I'll feel this joyous despair soon enough," but secretly using it as a reminder to them to stay clear of those with Death Notes and are willing to use them like that.
  • With his teddy bear form and voice, Monokuma earned the enmity of Yu Narukami (as it's an insult to his dear friend Teddie) and Doraemon.
  • One day, Junko was in the vicinity of Perfectio when the latter unleashed his despair wave. Enoshima ran to him and begged for more once the... well, the afterglow had worn off. Perfectio considered her weird and just told her to be around when he unleashes the wave.
  • Due to being considered Terumi's apprentice, Monokuma and Enoshima consider Nui Harime, Bernkastel's apprentice, their rival. Nui, however, mocks Enoshima for not being an actual member of Trollkaiger. Enoshima, on her part, gets off on this, given that she adores even her own despair hence why she's a member through Terumi. However, Nui didn't know, that this was all Enoshima's plan to make her seem superior to her and very much looks forward to how much more despair she will bring in the conclusion. If all goes well, Junko may take Nui's place in Trollkaiger.
    • On the subject of a more one-sided rivalry, there's Nurgle. While the Chaos God of Despair likes that Junko desires to spread despair, he disagrees with her methods of spreading that despair via killing people; he loves all life, after all. Junko, meanwhile, is very interested in "Papa Nurgle" and his multitudinous sicknesses; it's not uncommon for her to end up with at least one of his diseases, which of course is rarely (if ever) a pretty sight, but she doesn't care; she enjoys feeling her own despair just as much as she enjoys causing despair in others. So bring on the diseases — the more ravaging and devastating, the better.
  • Has become aware that their biggest annoyance, Naegi, has been reunited with his sister. Their response was to laugh, and remark that they should get in contact with THEIR little sister as well... and that they'd hope she'd bring her little friends too.
    • She's here, and she did. Until they found out that Monaca backed out of the conflict between hope and despair after she gave up on continuing her legacy as the successor, which Junko and Monokuma were disappointed with her actions and they sees her as a threat since then.
  • Used to be present in the House of Personality as the Gods of Despair Fetishes before one day, a woman named Haruka decided to pay them back for them even thinking that she could help them. She did it by showing that not only did the Pantheon not need three people for Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant, but that since they spend too much time dominating, their Too Kinky to Torture is not present enough. The fact that she was able to get revenge on them in such a devious way actually pisses them off.
  • At one point, Monokuma was having a summer party with Kyubey while discussing how horrible they are to every good-aligned deities, until it was interrupted by Kamen Rider 1, Guts and Jotaro Kujo, as the three men were prepared to beat both Monokuma and Kyubey as a payback for their cruel actions.
  • Monokuma and Junko developed an intense hatred for Kouta Kazuraba due to being a Hope Bringer just like Naegi.
    • Also both Monokuma and Junko were not amused of all the Kamen Rider protagonists (and to a greater extent, every ascended member of the Toku Base) as both sees them as a greater threat to their plans. Because of this, Ryoma Sengoku proposed a suggestion on both Monokuma and Junko to have an alliance with SHOCKER so they can get back at them, which both of them agrees.
      • At one point, The Gokaigers (who were already foiling several attempts at their "high-school killing games") have recruited Monkey D. Luffy and Portgas D Ace into their efforts to stop them, annoying the two even more. They are currently trying to get Sakazuki to let them help eliminate the two. Unfortunately, people like them are the same people Akainu WANTS to get rid of.
  • By far, their worst enemy ever has to be Monomi/Usami, not only for somehow managing to come back from the dead to kill AI Junko, but also the fact she brought along with multiple timelines where the students all survive and Usami even beats down Monokuma when he tries to take control. They are one of the few things here that, if they manage to kill them, will ensure them to die in agony and not their usual despair-loving way.
  • Junko has started noticing that a fuzzy orange spoon-like alien was trying to befriend their fellow Monokuma units. While plenty of them brushed him off, a couple of them WERE chatting with him, if only just later to drive him to despair. Upon Junko showing him some pictures of what she did to her world, while Wander DID tear up at it, he interrupted their evil gloating of making him cry to say that just because he's sad, doesn't mean he's giving up hope, and that he still believes in Junko to be a good person. Now peeved at him, she ejected him from her temple and tried to block out his declaration of befriending them.
    • Slowly as Junko gathered more info about him, she discovered that he's someone with hope could potentially surpass Naegi, and that he has been befriending people for literally THOUSANDS of years, performing many a Heel–Face Turn with intergalactic tyrants who destroyed MULTIPLE PLANETS and even emotionless robots. She also found out that while he failed to befriend both Lord Dominator and Hater, their superiors hinted that should he get one more season... of his life, Dominator and Hater may eventually get redeemed. Add in his infinite optimism, and he becomes someone that even Junko Enoshima fears, and they are doing EVERYTHING they can to make sure that Wander never gets that far with them.
  • They tried to recruit Naughty Bear for their despair-inducing games, hearing of how he is able to make even robots and zombies Driven to Suicide. It ended with a ton of damage to their temple and a Monokuma manufacturing machine getting destroyed. They are still trying to get him to join their side, however.
  • Hang on, wasn't Junko supposed to be one of the Pantheon's more well-kept secrets? Well, she was once. However, after a run in trying to cause that other Junko despair by showing her a recreation of how her son died, she was threatened with becoming the purest essence of despair, but also with removing her masochistic tendencies, leaving her as a crippled person who only knows despair. This actually outright scared her, and in turn for her life, her existence was ratted out to the entire Pantheon, as it's been quite a while since she was supposed to be kept a secret. Because of this, she began taking much more careful precautions towards deities that can manipulate emotions.
    • It's unknown if those who wield karma can also circumvent her masochism, but she's staying away from such users just in case.
  • One day, An normal albeit eccentric amnesiac girl without a title or temple to call her own named "Ryōko Otonashi" turned up in the Pantheon to many's confusion. After she visited his temple, Makoto immediately identified the girl as Junko Enoshima to the shock of those who knew of the Ultimate Despair. Kyoko was also able to deduce that the memory loss was likely due to physical trauma. Ryoko attempted to befriend those who Junko had wronged much to their hesitance.
    • Junko soon returned to normal the day after and any who attempted to appeal to "Ryoko" were simply dismissed by Enoshima who found it "utterly hopeless" that people even cared for 'that girl' in the first place...
  • Once received a assignment by Melkor to kidnap Maria, as her ascension meant Gerald Robotnik refused to work for him and moved to the GUAG. Taking Tsumugi and faking a attack and having her sneakily take Maria after Shadow was dealing with the attack, she publicly broadcasted that she would be brainwashing her for despair and planned on showing it to the world. This lead to a VERY unamused Shadow and Sonic storming her temple and leaving it in pieces thanks to a Chaos Blast...
  • With Monaca backing out of the fight between Hope and Despair, Junko has been entertaining the idea of getting her older sister, Mukuro, ascended into the Pantheon. Many dread the potential reunion of the Despair Sisters and the dangerous ramifications it could entail. Though Enoshima herself's more excited about the numerous ways she's thought of killing her sister to give herself even greater despair.
  • Once the House of Despondency was announced, Junko made an effort to make sure she became a guardian representative as a means to further promote her brand of despair as well as making sure she can invite fellow villains and allies to the spot. It didn't work and it gave her despair. No points on guessing what she did to herself upon hearing about it. Sometime after coming back, she managed to become a member... at the cost of becoming the most hated and unpopular deity in the entire House. Not only is she ignored personally and militantly monitored by many of the residents in the House of Despondency, but there's also measures taken to ensure that whatever heinous actions she pulls out are retaliated hard. Not that Junko minds too much, in the long run, the feeling of getting hated and despised is still a pretty good feeling, though it could be better.
  • As mentioned, Junko has a place in the House of Despondency, where she is situated in the Hall of Tragedy and Despair. There's she's the most hated goddess in the House, though she doesn't mind it all that much... even though the prospect of being inspected everytime she's there is a bit of contention for Junko.
  • Sometimes when Junko is nowhere to be found, Monokuma engages in activites of his own independently and even occasionally talks to Tsumugi in private. When a anonymous deity caught Monokuma in the act and questioned what he was doing. He had this to say:
    Monokuma: "Puhuhu... Isn't it obvious? Like I've said before, I'm not a teddy bear. I am Monokuma."
  • When she first set eyes on Despair of the Endless, Junko collapsed on her knees and was overcome with ecstasy. In her eyes, Despair is beautiful beyond words, the Anthropomorphic Personification of despair itself and the symbol of how despair is an eternal concept. Just being in Despair's presence makes Junko feel a hint of the anguish and hopelessness in all existence - something she considers bliss. Despair herself is somewhat puzzled by Junko's ecstasy over despair but prefers not to think too much about it.
  • Is also a representative of the Halls of Tragedy and Despair.

    Kage 
Kage, Unholy Embodiment of the Killing Intent (Kagenaru Mono, The Shadow One, Embodiment of the Satsui, Evil Ryu)
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  • Intermediate God (Potentially a Greater God)
  • Symbol: The kanji "Metsu" (滅)
  • Theme Song: Where Satsui Leads… (derived from Black Power)
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: Amazing Technicolor Population, Hades Shaded, Offensive focused, Ax-Crazy, Blood Knight, Enemy Without, Fangs Are Evil, Horns of Villainy, Uncertain Doom
  • Domains: Evil, Destruction, Killing, Power, Identity
  • Allies: Majin Buu, Nightmare, Dark Link, Nu-13
  • Rivals: Altria Alter, Jeanne d'Arc Alter
  • Enemies: Ryu, Akuma, Sagat, Asura, Jin Kazama, Heichachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima, Kazumi Mishima, Dark Pit, Lana and Cia, The Investigation Team, Android 21, The Dimensional Counterparts
  • Interested in: "Hero Killer" Stain
  • Throughout a period of his life, Ryu has struggled with the evil powers of the Satsui no Hadou that emerged ever since he confronted Sagat in the first World Warrior tournament. However, after managing to tap into the Power of Nothingness, Ryu managed to purge the evil energy from his body permanently. However, the energy inside had enough power to manifest itself into the real world and take a life of its own, resulting in the creation of Kage, the personification of the Satsui no Hadou expunged from Ryu's body. The shadowy figure's mission is to convince his former self that without him he is nothing, even going as far as to challenge Ryu's greatest rivals but ultimately, Kage perished after Ryu admitted that he isn't afraid of him anymore and sees him as a separate being, causing Kage to cease to exist. At least, until the Shadow One emerged from the pantheon's most shadowy corner, still dead set on becoming one with his former self, whatever the cost.
  • Ryu wasn't happy to learn of Kage's ascension but he accepts his existence as a powerful being separate from him, possibly an equal in power, something that Kage refuses to believe and still insists on re-emerging with Ryu. Besides him, Kage has unfinished business with both Akuma and Sagat, both of whom he confronted in the past and even won against, but Kage believes that they were holding back and plans to kill them for good to prove his superiority.
  • Whenever he managed to take over Ryu's body in the past he was better known as Evil Ryu. Even though nowadays he goes by another name, many do make the mistake of still referring to him as such, increasing his belief that Ryu is nothing without him. One such deity that did confuse him for Ryu was Asura, who he remembers having fought after Ryu succumbed to the Satsui no Hadou and actually keeping up with the destroyer deity. However, unlike with Akuma, Asura has no respect for Kage's destructive ways and evil nature, seeing him as no different from the gods he slaughtered, and challenged the shadow one to a fight. Even when he was getting serious, Kage was able to keep up with Asura and before the confrontation could escalate, they were both stopped by Pantheon authorities and some members of GUAG who feared they would destroy a huge chunk of the Temple they were in. Before disappearing, Kage promised he would destroy Asura the next time they meet.
    • It seems that Kage decided to don the appearance of Asura to taunt him into a rematch. It proved to be almost effective as Asura was getting angry and ready to throw down but he was stopped by his daughter who imploted him to not waste his time with a hollow entity like Kage.
  • Kage is a walking reminder to those people that have struggled with a Superpowered Evil Side or an alternate evil version of themselves. His thirst for power and destruction has also made it hard for him to have a lasting alliance with someone but he has found kinship with other deities like Majin Buu, Nightmare and Dark Link, shadowy entities formed for the evil of the original person (Or in the case of Buu, the purest form of evil that expunged its good side).
  • At first it would be seem that Kage and Altria Alter would get along given that both have a similar origin but that didn't turn out to be the case. Given the latters code of honor and not being a destructive as the demon, she usually prefers to fight him off than actually ally with him, and even when they share a goal they barely cooperate. Similarly, the other Saber Alter Jeanne d'Arc isn't very fond of Kage even if her goals of destroying the worlds would say otherwise, she feels her reasons aren't as petty as the demonic fighter and would also prefer to kick his ass that actually work with him.
  • Not fully content with just challenging Ryu's rivals from the same universe, he also has gone after other powerful fighters outside of their home universe, starting with the Mishima clan, particularly the Devil Gene wielders. Both Heihachi and Kazuya recognized Kage after having encountered Akuma and promptly took up the challenge but their respective fights ended inconclusively. Meanwhile, Kazumi initially tried to avoid confronting Kage in case her Devil Gene got out of control but once he personally went to challenge her she had no choice but unleash it. Thankfully her old comrade Akuma stepped in and interrupted their fight just to settle things with Kage once and for all, but the demon chose to flee since he was outnumbered.
  • When many heard of his obssession with becoming one with Ryu, many compared him to Nu-13 and her desire to be one with Ragna the Bloodedge, which could cause The End of the World as We Know It. Oddly enough, the demon and the murakumo unit do get along fine provided neither gets in the way of the other and have sparred a few times, although Nu has warned him to stay away from Ragna or else she would have to kill him.
  • When he heard of the existance of a being like him who instead of being an expelled evil entity was a good side that was separated from their original self, Kage grew curious and went to investigate the source of this claim. Turns out that said deity was Lana, the good side of Cia and who she even shared a temple with, Kage considered the witch a weakling unworthy of her time, even as far as to praise the original half for discarding the weaker parts of her in order to become strong. However, even Cia opposed Kage as she was ashamed of her actions that were driven by jealousy and evil and even joined forces with Lana after Kage threatened to kill her for refusing to accept to succumb to her evil intents.
  • Rarely does Kage regard deities with anything that isn't scorn or a desire to kill. However, he took interest on the infamous "Hero Killer" Stain after learning about the incident he was involved. He felt the sheer power of his Killing Intent residing inside him and sought him out to test his power. After the bout concluded, Kage was impressed by Stain's sheer determination and murderous intent but he didn't return the sentiment, as anyone who is evil or murders without reason is as bad or even worse than the phony heroes he hunts and has nothing but contempt for the demon.
  • Initially he was dubbed a Shadow by the Investigation Team, who contacted Ryu so that they could deal with him like they have done with previous Shadows. However, Ryu insisted on rejecting Kage, as being an embodiment of the Satsui no Hado rather than any standard vice or insecurity of Ryu's made him operate in a manner quite opposite from most Shadows. Accepting Kage once more would restart the whole ordeal with resisting the urges of Satsui no Hadou trying to overtake him instead of creating a new Persona, whereas considering Kage his own being ultimately transferred his existence from his home universe to the realm of the Pantheon. Ultimately they agreed and decided to honor Ryu's request, realizing it's a lot safer to keep him on his own rather than having him being part of Ryu. Naturally, he hates them, both for thinking they could handle him as a typical matter in the first place, AND for listening to Ryu and dropping the idea.
  • "Be afraid. Now you gaze upon your death!"

    Redyue 
Redyue, Goddess of Enjoying Being Evil (The Jade Overlord Inves)
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  • Intermediate Goddess
  • Symbol: The Dau (Her Weapon)
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: Faux Affably Evil, Evil Feels Good, Dark Action Girl, The Heavy, Hope Crusher, Creepy Monotone, Despotism Justifies the Means, Manipulative Bitch, Mad Scientist, Backstabbing Anyone for Power, Absolute Immorality
  • Domains: Combat, Depravity, Insanity, Evil
  • Heralds: The rest of the villainous Overlord Inves
  • Allies: SHOCKER, Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja, Johan Liebert, Junko Enoshima and Monokuma, Ali Al-Saachez, the GUAE Trollkaiger (especially Bernkastel and Yuuki Terumi), Starscream, Gregor Clegane
  • Headbutting Villains With: Ryoma Sengoku/Kamen Rider Duke
  • Complicated Relations With: Akechi Mitsuhide
  • Enemies: All ascended Toku Heroes (especially Kouta Kazuraba/Kamen Rider Gaim, Kaito Kumon/Kamen Rider Baron, Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen Rider Ryugen (former ally), and Mai Takatsukasa), Lock Dealer Sid/Kamen Rider Sigurd, Seto Kaiba, Yuno Gasai, Yukiteru Amano, Asuka Langley Soryu, Gracia, Princess Pretty Cures, Shark, Rio Kamishiro, Vector
  • The Overlord Inves were once a civilized race of human alien beings from the planet Femushinmu until their world was overtaken by the Helheim Forest to the point of their race's extiction due to numerous conflicts on their survival to grasp the Forbidden Fruit, but Redyue stands out among them for being a vile, selfish, and a manipulative monster who is willing to do evil deeds just to satisfy her own benefit ranging from the time when she kills her own family upon her transformation into an Overlord, being the one who Kick started the invasion on Earth, up to her treachery towards the leader of the Overlord Roshuo just to grasp the Forbidden Fruit into her own hands.
  • After her death at the hands of Kouta Kazuraba, she had found herself in the pantheon as she sees the denizens and the place as her new toy for her to play just like how she expressed these things back on Earth which she made a point to start her plans for her own benefit.
  • In fact, most of the ascended citizens of Zawame were not pleased of her presence in the pantheon since she gave alot of trouble with them during the Helheim invasion. She also set her sights on both Kouta and Mai as she wanted to kill them so she can snatch the Forbidden Fruit from them. However, both Kouta and Kaito doesn't see her as a problem anymore considering they already possessed the same, if not, more powerful Overlord powers, that could pulverized her instantly.
    • Lock Dealer Sid also gained an ire towards her considering the fact she lured him into her trap that leads to his demise back in the mortal world as Sid tries to be cautious of her tricks the next time they would encounter each other again.
    • She doesn't take Mitsuzane Kureshima's redemption very well upon hearing his actions during Kogane's 2nd rampage and during Megahex's invasion in Earth. However, she became thrilled upon hearing his actions during Project Alternate Gentaro, Redyue swaers that she will finish off what he had started.
  • She quickly joins the terrorist organization SHOCKER after she became intrigued with their aspirations for conquering the whole pantheon while the organization sees her as another assets for their cause. From there on, she started to provide her own set of Inves to the group in order to strengthen their numbers.
    • Due to her being an employed member, she is in the same league with Ryoma Sengoku. However, the two doesn't like to cooperate with each other since are fighting each other for their goals of grasping the Forbidden Fruit for their own benefit.
  • She has an unhealthy relations with fellow toku villains like Takeshi Asakura and Sora/Gremlin as the three were seemed to have something in common. Things would even get worse whenever the three would spread havoc towards their enemies for their own amusement.
  • She has somewhat gained an interests with the Trollkaigers because she was amused of their atrocities towards their respective foes. As such, she made an alliance with Yuuki Terumi and Bernkastel as they had a lot of things in common, particularly, their acts of committing heinous actions out of boredom. As such, she was enlisted as Terumi's newest subordinate after he was amused of her actions during the Helheim Invasion.
  • Has gained an interest with fellow Hope Crushers like Junko Enoshima and Monokuma after she became thrilled with their actions during the tragedy where they induced despair to everyone that leads to chaos and destruction in their home world. They also started to forged their alliance after they noticed their shared hatred towards Kouta Kazuraba and his group of Hope Bringers as they're looking a way to dismantle the group by any means.
    • This reason has caught in the eyes of Johan Liebert after he was impressed with her hope crushing tendencies during her stint in the mortal world. Because of this, he invites her into his own group so they can inflict more despair in the pantheon.
  • Has forged an alliance with the Decepticon Starscream after the two noticed that they shared things in common especially with their schemes of overthrowing their superiors in order to gain more power for themselves.
  • She gained an interest towards Gregor Clegane and Ali Al-Saachez after she became intrigued with their thirst for battle which she made a remark on both of them being similar to her old comrade Demushu. Rumors that she would make plans for them as her new associates as part of her schemes in order to further her own agendas.
  • It should noted that she is mistaken for being a man due to her deep-sounding voice whenever she speaks. Due to this, she ended up being enemies with Seto Kaiba, who had a rather similar voice to her own. Rumors that she is planning to take over the Kaiba Corp. to her own ends, which Kaiba had made a point to stop her efforts.
  • Has currently setting her sight towards Akechi Mitsuhide after noticing that he has two personalities within him as Redyue plans to corrupt Mitsuhide so that his evil self would be his dominant personality. Due to this, Misuhide's daughter Gracia has started to hate her guts after she became aware of her plans towards her father as she made a point to stop her to prevent her father's total corruption.
  • The fact that she takes pride of killing her entire family has drew an ire on Yuno Gasai, who was outraged by her actions as Redyue taunts her for being no different from her, Yuno cited that her actions are far worse than her since she, to be precise, her 1st world counterpart, accidentally murders her parents because of the abused that she inflicted from them. On the other hand, Yukiteru has gotten the attention on the turmoil between Yuno and Redyue as he and Yuno had made a point to stop Redyue at all cost.
  • Her actions have brought an ire on the Princess Pretty Cures because of her ability to spread Helheim vines and her act of causing despair to her victims reminding them of, if not, worse than how Dyspear inflicted on them back then. The Cures has deemed her a threat should not be messed with as they made a point to stop her actions any further.
  • Due to her Mind Rape abilities, she became an enemy towards Asuka Langley Soryu who tries to stay away from her by any means after Redyue attempts to inflict her abilities on her.
  • She was being hated by both Ryoga and Rio Kamishiro due to the fact that her treachery towards her own race for her own gain reminding them of how their former enemy Vector did the same thing to them. In a twist of irony, Vector doens't like her guts too as her actions would remind him of how he used to be before he redeems himself in the end as he became disgusted with her after she cross the line completely regarding on her actions.

    The Sorceress (Spyro the Dragon
The Sorceress, Goddess of Harming Children
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  • Intermediate Goddess
  • Symbol: Her Staff and Crown
  • Theme Song: Sorceress's Lair (Reignited Remix)
  • Alignment: Neutral Evil
  • Portfolio: Adipose Rex, Bad Boss, Ax-Crazy, Big Bad of Year of the Dragon, Evil Is Petty, Vain Sorceress, Perishes in an Acid Pool, Evil Mentor to Bianca, Mad Ruler of the Forgotten Realms, Needs baby dragons' wings to power her immortality, Knight of Cerebus, Reptiles Are Abhorrent, Sorcerous Overlord, VERY Vile Villain, Saccharine Show
  • Domains: Magic, Kingdom, Immortality, Evil, Stealing
  • Allies: Gnasty Gnorc, Ripto, Dr. Neo Cortex, Miraak, Gwyn, Lord Voldemort, The Evil Queen, Zarok, Mother Gothel, Cruella de Vil
  • Enemies:
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Malefor, Ornstein
  • Opposed by: The House of Family and Relatives
  • Ruler of the Forgotten Realms (NOT those ones), the Sorceress is a powerful sorcerer that banished the dragons after they grew tired of her vanity and evil ways. The reality was that she actually tried to steal the wings of the young dragons in order to live forever and she deviced a plan to steal all the dragon eggs by tasking her then-apprentice Bianca and her Rhynoc sevants to fetch them for her. Her plans were ultimately foiled by Spyro, Hunter and Bianca herself after she learned of the Sorceress' true intention, falling in an ultimate showdown against Spyro where she died for good. Or so they thought after she resurfaced in the Pantheon.
  • Her title was given after she intended to commit mass infanticide of the Dragons from her universe from her own selfish goals. Naturally, she is not seen with kind eyes by the Draconic deities who think she is easily one of the worst deities to be ever step foot on the pantheon for the sole reason of killing infant dragons.
  • Once the news of her ascension came, the deities from her universe weren't particularly happy. Spyro was ready to torch some Sorceress' butt, Bianca was worried that the Sorceress would want revenge for betraying her and Hunter started screaming once he found out. The Sorceress could care less for most of them but she has a serious grudge against both Spyro and Bianca.
    • And then she ended up joining both Ripto and Gnasty Gnorc to talk about the "Spyro Problem" and she gladly joined in order to destroy that measly dragon for good. The first idea was to get into contact with Malefor, a very powerful dragon that was Spyro's biggest nemesis in another reality but the fact that he is a dragon and cares little for the trio has made it hard to even consider talking to him. Although Malefor is willing to cooperate if it means getting rid of the purple dragon.
  • Struck up an alliance with Gwyn after he saw how she took care of the dragons from her realm and that Gwyn's disdain for dragon could easily allow her to get ahold of more dragon hatchlings. Considering how she mistreats her own minions, she is not really all that well-regarded by many of Gwyn's subordinates, surprisingly having a tense relationship with Dragonslayer Ornstein even if he also despises dragons as much as her. Another thing that happened was that the Nameless King, a personal foe of Gwyn, decided to gun after the Sorceress ever since she decided to work alongside him.
  • She commands an army of Rhinocs who are said to be one of the more crueler enemies Spyro has fought, even if they can be quite incompetent at times. There were similar creatures, first one she tried to subdue was Rhydon but the Pokemon refuses to work towards the Sorceress even if being harassed on a daily basis by her minions.
  • She decided to enter the GUAE Malum Magia in hopes of allying herself with other powerful sorcerers of her kind. Most notably, she took interest in Voldemort's horocruxes that could help her live even without the need of Dragon Eggs and also grew interested on Zarok's spells, not much on the undead spellcasting but wanting to learn he he could extend his lifespan for so long. Given she is a Vain Sorceress she also gets along with the Evil Queen who resembles her in many regards. And while not being a wizard on her own right, Mother Gothel wanted to learn the secret of using dragon hatchlings in order to attain her own form of immortality, even if she doesn't find the Sorceress all that appealing in the first place.
  • She gained another of Spyro's friends as an enemy but this one was a strange marsupial who she never even met. Crash learned that she began stealing dragon eggs from Spyro and knew that Sorceress was not to be messed with. This in turn brough Crash's Arch-Enemy and creator Dr. Neo Cortex, in contact with the Sorceress who already worked with Ripto in attempting to destroy both the bandicoot and the dragon, which ended being yet another unsuccessful attempt.
  • There was also that time where she was suddenly attacked by a strange bear and a rude bird who thought she was related to another witch. Banjo-Kazooie after hearing of the Sorceress thought to take matter into their own hands and get rid of her the way they dispatched Gruntilda. This is not the first time the Sorceress suffered a crushing defeat and plans to get back at those two.
  • Often compared to Cruella de Vil and with good reason. She finds the latter to be a bit of a useless snob but she tolerates her nonetheless. Cruella wonder if she could make something beatiful out of dragon hatchlings' wings other than maintaining her good looks and the Sorceress started to grow frustrated for such pointless debacles.
  • Wanting to capture more dragon eggs in a more efficient way, the Sorceress found another deity as hated by the dragon deities as she is in the form of Miraak. His ability "Bend Will" allows him to control dragon and that would allow the Sorceress to swiftly retrieve more dragon eggs for her schemes. Of course, the fact that both are insufferably arrogant have made things difficult to work but they are willingly to work together if they can get rid of a few annoying dragons. Of course that brought the attention of the Dovakhiin, who decided to dissolve this alliance in order to avoid another widescale dragon conflict that Miraak caused back when he ascended.
  • The fact that she steals eggs was not well received by several deities. Two in particular, Billy Hatcher and Horton, find her disgusting for daring to do such a thing.
  • James was already afraid of Rhinos ever since his parents were killed by two of them and learning that the Sorceress commands an army of them certainly freaked him out. The fact that personality wise he is very similar to her evil aunts has put poor James on edge for a while but he snapped out of the fear once he learned that he had the backing of Spyro and decided to oppose the evil Sorceress.

    Wyald 
Wyald, Official God of Stupid Evil
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Lesser Gods

    Ali Al-Saachez 
Ali Al-Saachez, God of Villainy for the Hell of it (Gary Biaggi, The Indestructible Saachez, Prince Ali)
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    The Wicked Witch of the West 
Wicked Witch of the West, the Wicked Witch That Threatens Loved Ones (Theodora, Zelena)
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  • Lesser Goddess
  • Symbol: Her broomstick and green skin and hat
  • Theme Song: Wicked Witch's Theme
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: Evil Counterpart to Glinda, Evil Is Hammy, threaten taking Dorothy's dog, melt to water
  • Domains: Evil, Witch
  • Followers: Magica de Spell, Koume and Kotake/Twinrova
  • Allies: Baba Yaga, Cia, Maleficent, The Evil Queen, Ursula
  • Enemies: Dorothy Gale, Elphaba, Oz, Percy Jackson, Blastoise, Aang, Katara, Korra, Aquaman, Undyne, Greninja, Juvia, Kingdra, Lapras, Red Gyarados, Kiki, Bayonetta, Sabrina Spellman, Jaina Proudmoore, Lana, Brightwing, Batman, Gandalf, Tom & Jerry
  • The Pantheon was going about its usual day until an evil cackle and thunder struck in the Pantheon. From the smoke appeared the Wicked Witch of the West who wants to cause trouble in the Pantheon. When she finds herself to be outnumbered, she retreats before warning her enemies: "I'll get you my pretties, and all of you loved too!" and laughs before disappearing.
  • She once mistaken one of the versions of Brightwing as one of her flying monkey minions, only to find her eating one.
  • She has one weakness: water, which causes her to melt. She is trying to nullify her weakness as she found out that the Pantheon holds many adepts of water and sea creatures and could easily defeat her.
  • Many dog lovers and deified dogs were against her when she tells Dorothy that she'll get her along with her dog too.
  • She is deemed an enemy by every good witches in the Pantheon. The Wicked Witch considered them the "Good Witches" of the Pantheon and she is looking for other evil witches as the "Wicked Witch" of the Pantheon as the anti-thesis of the witches.
  • She took great notice to Elphaba, who claims to be the Wicked Witch of the West. It is hypothetical that she would be the Bad Future Version of her. She wants to make her "wicked" because she believes that it is destiny for her to fulfill her role as the Wicked Witch of the West and to be evil.
  • She is irritated by how many people are dressing up like her because she codified the concept of classic witches.
  • One of her miniature self has fought both the Batman and Gandalf.
  • The Critic once said how men were oblivious to sexual advances with women, with the Wicked Witch as the example. She tried to harass a guard, the Critic himself, and even Mark. Ironically, Mark was the one to notice and say this was sexual harassment and leaves, much to the confusion of the Witch.
  • She sometimes mistaken some red heels as the ruby slippers that were worn by her sister, the Wicked Witch of the East. She tried to take them from girls like Rei Hino and Jessica Rabbit. When warded away, she vow to retrieve them as only she knows how the slippers work, despite looking at the wrong thing.
  • She hates thing that are dropped down on people, considering that the Wicked Witch of the East was killed by Dorothy's falling house. It doesn't matter what is being dropped, just dropping them is what would anger her.
  • She remembers the time when she was defeated by Tom & Jerry, who apparently went to the Land of Oz.
  • There was once a nerd that dreamed of going to Oz and defeating the Witch. Though the dream has Optimus Prime in place of the Tinman.

Demigods

    Akio Ohtori 
Akio Ohtori, Unholy Herald of Domestic Abuse (Dios, End of the World)
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  • Demigod
  • Symbol: A rose crest ring
  • Theme Music: Akio Car
  • Alignment: Neutral Evil
  • Portfolio: Manipulative Bastard, Faux Affably Evil, Really Gets Around, Broken Ace, Man of Wealth and Taste, Walking Spoiler, Exceptionally Vile
  • Domains: Manipulation, Seduction, Abuse
  • Allies: Embryo, Gideon Graves, Gregory Anton
  • Rivals: Most other casanovas
  • Enemies: Utena Tenjou, Issei Hyodo, Princess Precures, Sakura Matou, Scott Pilgrim, good-aligned princes
  • Opposed by: James Bond, Belarus, Glenn Quagmire
  • Odd Friendship with: Dougen
  • As the chairman of Ohtori Academy, Akio Ohtori seems like the kind of guy who has a lot going for him: a cool muscle car, a home in a planetarium, and a track record of being able to seduce a lot of people at separate intervals rather easily. In reality, he was once Prince Dios, a man who put the needs of others above his own. This mindset put a strain on him to say the least and after meeting a woman named Anthy, things became much worse. Years later, as Anthy's brother, he has treated her as horribly as possible (up to and including sexual assaulting her regularly) to the point where Anthy is practically unable to do anything to oppose him. Akio has manipulated many of the students in Ohtori Academy to do battle in the hopes of finding someone of true nobility and love and use their sword to regain his powers as Prince Dios and revolutionize the world.
  • One of the things that helps his reputation of being a seductive man (on the surface at least) is his car, which he uses whenever he is going for a ride with someone. He tends to lean towards the front of the car while it's speeding with his shirt unbuttoned. It's hard to tell whether or not Akio has sex with his passenger after the ride, during the ride (which is dangerous and stupid) or if the whole thing is supposed to be a metaphor between Akio and his passenger having sex. The car being vaguely phallic-shaped doesn't help at all when it comes to figuring out what all these joyrides really mean.
    • He's also gotten into a bit of competition with some other casanovas over who can seduce the most number of people and do it with style. There are a few wannabe womanizers who are very jealous of him, but Akio couldn't care less about what they think of him. It sort of helps that some casanovas (at least, the ones that don't have a high moral ground) are willing to overlook his personal problems.
  • Some are honestly relieved that most of his manipulation prowress comes from his words and looks and nothing more. If his skills with manipulation went beyond that, it could be troublesome. Him having some sort of friendship with Dougen, who is a potent manipulator (on top of having a similar voice), has led to worries that Ohtori might learn a thing or two from Dougen about better manipulation. Dougen hasn't thought much about Ohtori's plans, but admits that he's got potential.
  • Being able to seduce others back then wasn't much of a challenge for him, but it's actually become a bit more difficult for Akio to get that same success with the number of deities who have a love interest or are engaged. Adding to that setback is that there's a good number of those who are very protective (or possessive depending on the person) of someone they love (regardless of if their love interest reciprocates those feelings or not). That and there's a lot of self-confident deities present, making his desire for power much more difficult to accomplish.
  • Despite having a high position of power in an academy, not many are really keen on him going near the School without causing any problems. It's one thing for a student and/or a teacher to fall for one another, but it's a whole different matter if someone like him gets close to a student there. This isn't even getting to the darker aspects of himself, especially since the School has its own set of problems it has to put up with on a daily basis.
  • None of the heroic princes care about him in any way due to Akio being very selfish and trying to get his powers back through unsavory means. Some princes even went as far to say that even as a formerly good man, Akio missed the point of what being a prince is: truly caring about others and not letting continuous great responsibilities wear them down.
  • Issei Hyodo holds Akio in a lot of contempt over using his sexual prowress to manipulate others. Making things more problematic is that Akio is an even worse version of Riser Phenix, the latter of whom was the mean-spirited fiancee of Rias Gremory until he was beaten by Issei. While Riser got better, Akio being very self-centered guarantees that he certainly won't improve his behavior anytime soon.
  • The Princess Precures dislike him greatly, largely because of how he physically resembles their ally Prince Kanata. Even if Akio's prior life as Prince Dios was not an easy one, the Cures just can't sympathize with him considering the number of bad actions that he did afterwards, many of which are practically the opposite of Kanata's helpfulness and selflessness.
  • Only a small number of deities ended up suffering Domestic Abuse through others and Sakura Matou is one of those victims. Hearing about what Akio did to Anthy brought back bad memories of her time with Shinji Matou and made Sakura quite upset, even if Shinji is a potentially worse person than Akio in multiple ways.
    • While Glenn Quagmire never really suffered such a thing directly, he did remember a time where his sister was in an abusive relationship with a different man that ended with Quagmire killing him. While Quagmire is well-aware of Akio being an excellent casanova, him hearing about what Akio was beyond that through others has made him reconsider going near Ohtori, mostly to avoid dark memories from coming back.
  • Comparisons have been made between him and Embryo given how they are skilled and manipulative womanizers, though Akio has also targeted men and Embryo had more than just words to get women on his side. They do get along, but there's a few bumps in their alliance. That and things turned really ugly for Akio when he tried to hit on Ange one time and she got really angry at him since she knew beforehand from others that power difference aside, Akio isn't any different from Embryo in trying to get others on his side. Embryo had to tell Akio after that meeting with Ange that she is something that Embryo will handle personally.
  • Scott Pilgrim has a lot of issues with Ohtori, specifically how he used a girlfriend for selfish interests and making life miserable in general. That and hearing how Utena had to fight for Anthy's freedom from Ohtori reminded Scott of how he had to fight Gideon Gordon Graves to ensure the freedom of Ramona Flowers.
  • Don't insinuate in front of him that he fell out of a window and died after he had a panic attack when he realized that Anthy was awake while he was molesting her. Considering that it's been stated that all interpretations of what happened at Ohtori Academy are true, it's likely that Akio is simply trying to refute the authenticity of his fallout. Some who are aware of the symbolism present in the academy and understand Utena well enough beg to differ.

Quasideities

    Cruella De Vil 
Cruella De Vil, Patron Goddess of Animals Suffering (Vampire Bat, Inhuman Beast, Ella, Estella von Hellman, Debil, That Devil Woman, Devilish Queen of Crime)
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  • Quasideity
  • Symbol: A giant fur coat and a long cigar holder
  • Theme Song: "Cruella De Vil", much to her fury; she rather prefers "Call Me Cruella"
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: Fan of Pelts who really wants a coat made out of dalmatian puppies' fur, Drives Like Crazy, Anita's old "friend", Large Ham, Laughably Evil, Lean and Mean,
  • Domains: Cruelty, Animals
  • Heralds: Jasper and Horace (her henchmen)
  • Allies: Mr. Burns, the Disney Villains, The Joker, The Sorceress (Spyro), Dr. XXX, Pokémon Hunter J, Klogg, Archibald Snatcher, P.T. Boomer
  • Rivals: Captain Chantel DuBois
  • Enemies: Lisa Simpson, Marzipan, the House of Beasts and Fauna but especially Canines and Pongo and Perdita, Scoorge McDuck, every intelligent animals, animal-like and animal shapeshifters in the Pantheon, every ascended Pokémon trainer and partner, Tarzan, Genn Greymane, Hana and the Wolf-Man, Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog), the Planeteers, John Wick, Fluttershy, Kreese Kreely, E-102 Gamma, Turanga Leela, Nibbler, Eliza Thornberry, Tikal, Ordis, Holly Golightly, Elphaba Thropp, Xion, David Attenborough, Klaus Heisler
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis with: Norma Desmond, Alex Forrest
  • Opposes: Rusty
  • Opposed by: The House of Commerce, Anne-Marie, Punky Brewster, Oliver (Ni no Kuni), Gwen Stacy
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Ghetsis Harmonia, Giovanni
  • Not to be mistaken for: Madame Medusa
  • After the incident with the puppies, Cruella de Vil was rotting in jail before the Disney Villains accidentally broke her out. This is because they mistook her for her proclaimed love child Dr. Facilier. While a lot of them are upset that they rescued a non-magical user, Cruella is grateful that they helped her get out of jail in order to finish her planned coat made out of animal fur and vowed to help them anyway she can.
  • When hearing that the dalmatians that ruined her plan have ascended, Cruella was furious and sought to capture Pongo & Perdita to seek revenge. Luckily, their temple was carefully guarded by their fellow animals deities who heard about Cruella's ascension and took careful measure and her entry was soon denied.
    • However, every single deities related to animals are extremely worried when they discovered that a version of her has the power to control beasts. They planned to keep the Disney Villains and Cruella from getting any access and information about this version as any cost.
  • Her ascension caused a major uproar in the House of Beasts after hearing about her action and the fact that she still doesn't change her way. Cruella dismisses all of them, considers them pests and accessories for her new gigantic coat.
  • Was severely disliked by the House of Commerce as while they respected her fashion sense and business strategy, they don't like how shockingly poor she treated her employee, openly antagonize them whenever Cruella doesn't get her way. Scoorge McDuck especially hates her because she once tricked him into a business meeting in order to capture him and turn him into a duck feather coat. Luckily, he was rescued by the Disney good deities.
  • Because of her extreme cruelty, animal hatefulness and alliance with Mr. Burns, Lisa Simpson openly despises her.
  • Has an extreme fascination with fire.
  • Was delighted when discovered about the existence of a variety of creatures in the Pantheon, vowing that she would catch them all and turned into several giant coats.
    • In addition, Cruella is extremely fascinated with a breed of creature called Pokemon given the fact that they can be experimented into different species and has power to control various aspect of their universe. Needless to say, every Pokemon trainers despises her and keep their pokeballs far out of her reach.
  • Cruella's quest to captures Pokemon let her to discover Ghetsis Harmonia and the two of them propose to found an Animal Wrongs Group in common interest of capturing and experimenting on Pokemon. However, this group immediately ran into conflict given the fact that Cruella wants to kill the Pokemon to make a coat while Ghetsis wants to actually use them. Add that to Cruella's managing style and the group's success rate isn't very high given the fact that its Mooks always end up leaving rather quickly.
  • The only person in the Pantheon who despises her own theme song, given the fact that it was written by Roger to mock her. Every animal-related deities catch on to this and resort to sing it whenever she's around. She did like that Florence + the Machine changed the lyrics to actually be from her point of view, but given Cruella's low popularity, don't expect people to back up that version.
  • Was very furious when people mistook her as Norma Desmond. Cruella decided to pay her temple a visit to see who she is. What results is a catfight that required physical restrain from other deities because both of them insulted each other's career choice. The two are on really bad, but funny, term ever since.
  • Tarzan once mistook her for his gorilla adoptive mother Kala because they share the same voice. When learned about what she did and support, he is disgusted and vow to not let her harm any animals in the Pantheon.
  • King Genn Greymane despises Cruella due to the fact that after learning about the worgen curse, Cruella tried to send people to provoke Genn's followers so that they can become worgens themselves and collect their fur for her coat. Not only is this incident gave bad rap for his people, it can potentially create many confuse newly cursed worgens that would wreck havok to other place in the Pantheon. He tracked her down with Pongo and Perdita's help and gave her a piece of his mind.
  • Rumors has it that Cruella has a son named Carlos. Cruella fiercely denied this, citing that she would never have children; that, in the one in million chance, she does, they will hate and despise dogs not afraid of them and they will definitely NOT perform a Heel–Face Turn.
  • Yzma shares a desire to be stylish, along with the same skinny and haggard physique as Cruella. Feels best to keep her away from any of her transformation vials, trying to use that for Cruella's fashion could get really ugly.
  • Unlike many deities, P.T. Boomer is perfectly fine with Cruella's goals...if only so he can sell the fur coats that are created. Plus, having learned that a dog was the catalyst that set up his defeat, Boomer would rather eliminate such animals as factors, and hopes that Cruella is the best in-roads for it. Her being allies with Mister Burns has likewise helped Boomer develop his network. Unfortunately, Cruella's rather histrionic personality has made this pursuit a massive chore for Boomer regardless.

    Robert Daly 
Robert Daly, The Cruel Player-Character God (Captain Daly, "An Asshole God", Gamin' Damon)
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Robert Daly 

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