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Figures of History, Influence, Inspiration and Infamy

The general idea of historical accounts and archives was an important factor to consider for the Pantheon, given that because of the never-ending merging and clashes of realms every once in a while, their pasts and events also tended to become known and recorded someplace in the Pantheon. However, outside of the Main House, very little of it was actually collected and stored for other deities to understand and realize, unless they took an initiative and decided to approach a deity about their world.

Hence, it was decided that to commemorate the numerous past events, moments and stories that have been going around, a new House was to be commissioned, dedicated to showcasing this information and consistently keeping track of and recording any new anomalies and worlds the Pantheon manages to identify as a means of preservation and to allow for history to not be forgotten and remembered for the future to learn from.

The layout of the House is remarkably similar to a museum, given that the primary basis is to record history and make sure whatever information is not only stored but also displayed for the public to see, speculate and take inspiration from. Unlike The Great Treasury, however, the House is more along the lines of showcasing murals, written scriptures and exhibitions of notable events in non-fiction, fiction and the Pantheon. The star landmark in the House are finely tuned, expertly crafted sculptures of the representing Guardians of each individual House, a feat that they (mostly) are pleased by. Two of each sculpture have currently been made; one for this House and the second set is transported to the Main House.

The House has two different groups of Guardians after figures showed that there is just as much bad as much as what is represented as good. One group of the Guardians are upheld as a symbol of hope, inspiration and are, hence, treated as paragons for the most part. The second set of guardians are a representation of malice, wrongdoings and, to heroes and the good-hearted, are examples of what must not be pursued or should be seen as a case study for one to improve themselves. Needless to say, the second group aren't exactly thrilled at this notion, but they'll pass for now, as they don't want to risk further tarnishing their reputation.

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The Quartet of Inspiration

    Abraham Lincoln 
Abraham Lincoln, God of Historical Badass Upgrades (16th President of the United States of America, Honest Abe, the Great Emancipator, the Immortal, King of Mars)
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A photo of the president

    Toshinori Yagi/All Might and Izuku Midoriya/Deku 
Toshinori Yagi and Izuku Midoriya, Co-Gods of Passing the Torch (Toshinori: All Might, The Number 1 Hero, The Symbol of Peace | Izuku: Deku, Stupid Nerd, Damned Nerd, The Absolute Madman, Broccoli, Baby Superman, Green Naruto)
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Izuku (Left), All Might (Right)
  • Greater God, Quasideity in his depowered form (All Might); Lesser God, training to be a Greater God (now may be bordering on Intermediate God) (Izuku)
  • Symbol:
    • Both: A technicolor shooting star
    • All Might: V-shaped crest of hair
    • Midoriya: A neon green "SMASH" Written Sound Effect
  • Theme Music: The Day, You Say Run (All Might) or Jet Set Run (Deku) plays when they get serious
  • Alignment: Lawful Good
  • Portfolio: Passing the Torch, Super-Strength, Empowered Badass Normal, Super-Empowering, Explosive Overclocking, Game-Breaking Injury, The Paragon (All Might), Awesome, but Impractical, Hour of Power, Big Good,(Izuku) The Determinator, Awesome by Analysis, Nerd Action Hero, Take Up My Sword
  • Domains: Heroes, Legacies, Strength, Tutelage, Selflessness
  • Herald: Inko Midoriya (Izuku's mother)
  • Allies:
  • Enemies: The super-villains of the House of Villainy, Enrico Pucci, Number 96: Black Mist, Adam Taurus, Lord Tirek
  • Worthy Opponent: Stain (one-sided and only on his end.)
  • Good Counterpart to: Syndrome (Deku)
  • Although All Might still retains the scars that he sustained from battling the wielder of "All For One", he no longer has the time limit on "One For All" that the injury inflicted upon him in the mortal plane, and his strength was restored to its prime by the GUAG. They have even offered to give All Might a replica of "One For All" once Izuku fully comes into "One For All". All Might appreciated the sentiment, but he feels that Izuku should be allowed to fully come into his own.
  • Izuku was ecstatic to see many of the superheroes that once existed in his world's comic books actually existed in the Pantheon, and All Might feels that Izuku will further grow as he interacts with the super-heroes of the Pantheon.
  • All Might often visits the House of Heroes to strike up conversation with Superman, a fellow Paragon of Justice in his world, as All Might is in his own. One can always know when he is about to arrive by listening for his catch-phrase: "Fear not! Why you ask? Cuz I'm here!"
  • He is rarely seen when he reverts to his true form, and anyone who does is generally shocked that he's even the same person - he changes from a towering, buff super-hero to a scrawny, shriveled up man with sunken eyes. This is due to having wasted away from after-effects of injuries done to fix his wound.
  • All Might is a paragon of heroes, and he is himself the eighth wielder of "One For All", a successor to a long line of bearers of this unique Quirk. Izuku Midoriya is the ninth user of "One For All", and was chosen by All Might after putting his life on the line to save a friend when no one else could (or would).
  • While normally always with a smile on his face, All Might does not smile whenever he thinks of Enrico Pucci or Grahf. These two individuals remind All Might too much of "All For One"'s wielder, as they use their powers to either empower villains, take the powers of others, or worse
    • Enrico Pucci concerns All Might because of his Stand, Whitesnake, because he's worried whether or not it can steal powers other than Stands.
    • Grahf's ability to empower villains into new forms also reminds All Might of the artificially created Nomu and its creator, "All For One".
  • All Might is a firm believer in hard work, having trained Izuku until his body was strong enough to be able to handle the power of "One For All". This makes him appreciate the similar efforts that Naruto Uzumaki put forward to achieve his dreams.
  • Izuku is often daunted by the fact that he's standing alongside so many individuals who are great heroes and powerful individuals in their own right, but he vows to continue working hard and honing "One For All" so he can one day become a great hero in his own right.
  • Izuku is happy to see many of his friends ascend onto the Pantheon and feels confident in what they can overcome.
  • Due to an alliance with Stain the Hero Killer, Izuku and All-Might are pitted against the likes of Adam Taurus from time to time.
  • Many in the Pantheon were shocked to see Izuku explode in black tendrils of energy. It's revealed that this is because One For All has grown strong enough to utilize the six Quirks of its previous users, now amplified by One For All's power. As such, Izuku has become a larger threat to the forces of villainy and many are debating that whether he can now be considered an Intermediate God.
  • Deku found out about Atsuko "Akko" Kagari's life and how it sort of mirrors his own. The two bonded over the fact they were fans of superheroes/witches, how they wanted to become one but faced harsh obstacles, looking up to and actually being mentored by their idols. The more cynical would point out the one major difference: while Deku gained his Quirks thanks to his idol, Akko's magic potential was accidently stolen by her idol.
  • While not magic users themselves, upon hearing about Lord Tirek's ability to drain magic, they immediately took him as an enemy. For All Might, it reminds him all too much about All for One's ability to steal power, while Midoriya was horrified since it reminded him of the Quirk-Removing Bullets that took out Lemillion's Quirk when they faced off against Overhaul and his goons.

    Obi-Wan Kenobi 
"Hello there!"

Obi-Wan Kenobi, God of Mentors (Ben Kenobi, Old Ben, OB-1, The Negotiator, "Rako Hardeen", Ratio Tile, The Willing to Compares, Radio Prosperous, Card Ratio, Section Ratio General, This, Austria Wang Wan Kenobi, Values Include, Ewan A Bad Movie)

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Ben Kenobi
Obi-Wan as a Padawan
  • Intermediate Godnote 
  • Symbol: His blue lightsaber
  • Theme Song: Obi-Wan Kenobi Suite, Binary Sunset, Duel of the Fates, Battle of the Heroes
  • Alignment: Lawful Good
  • Portfolio: The Archetypal Mentor, Mentor Occupational Hazard, Utilizing The Force, One of the Best and Most Proficient Jedi Masters, Expert Pilot, Badass Bookworm, The Paladin, Surrogate Father to Anakin, Humble Hero, Civilized Man, Gentleman Snarker, The Snark Knight, Patrolling the Galaxy to Maintain Peace, Has Went Through Extreme Tragedy and Pain, Doomed Love Towards Satine Kryze, Tragic Bromance, Determined in his Goals, Well-Intentioned Lies, Calmness In Death, Face Death with Dignity, Spirit Advisors, Extremely Quote-Memorabe, One of the Biggest Meme Characters Ever
  • Domains: The Force, Mind, Mysticism, Spirit, Wisdom, Order, Masters, Teachers
  • Followers: Stick, Rufus
  • Allies:
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Count Dooku, Thaal Sinestro
  • Arch-Enemy: Darth Maulnote 
  • Enemies: Emperor Palpatine, General Grievous, Darth Bane, Darth Zannah, The Sith Emperor, Darth Nihilus, Darkseid, Brainiac, Thanos, Frieza, Cooler, Khan Noonein Singh, Dukat, Megatron, Unicron
  • Opposes/Opposed By: Kreia/Darth Traya, Galactus
  • Respects: Master Oogway
  • Complicated Thoughts On: Professor Venomous
  • Pities: Tai Lungnote 
  • Special Relationship: Qui-Gon Jinn, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
  • A long time ago, on the desert planet of Tatooine, there lived an old hermit known as Ben Kenobi; his heart full of regret and stories to tell. But there was much more to him than meets the eye. For "Ben" was in truth Obi-Wan Kenobi; Jedi knight and general in the Clone Wars. Once tutored by Masters Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan would climb the ranks of the Jedi Order to become a master and mentor an apprentice of his own... a former slave named Anakin Skywalker. Sadly, Obi-Wan bore witness to the Fall of the Old Republic. He was nearly killed during Order 66, discovered his former apprentice and friend had turned to the Dark Side, becoming Darth Vader, and was forced to confront him on Mustafar, where he bested and left Vader to die amongst the molten rock. Following the battle, Kenobi was tasked by Master Yoda to travel to Tatooine to watch over Anakin's son Luke, as well as to continue his Jedi training. Eventually, Obi-Wan would be called upon to rescue Princess Leia of Alderaan from the Empire and left the desert world, taking Luke as well to teach the boy the ways of the Force. Their journey, unfortunately, hit a minor snag. Alderaan had been destroyed, wiped out by the Imperial Death Star, and the Princess was trapped inside. While Luke and his allies went to rescue her, Kenobi was confronted by his former apprentice, more machine now than man. The two had one last duel, but Obi-Wan was quickly struck down...
    • Or so it would have seemed. As it turned out, Obi-Wan was able to find a way to resurface as a Force Ghost who came to Luke's aid in Dagobah as the latter was training with Yoda in order to learn the arts and skills of a Jedi in the hopes of turning the tide against the Empire. However, Luke's insistency in helping his friends cost him his training, suffering a crippling defeat and realizing that his father, Anakin, was really Darth Vader, prompting him to resume training until he was fully a Jedi. Though Obi-Wan was able to provide him as much guidance as he could, including revealing more of Luke's heritage and doing whatever he could to defeat the Empire once and for all. Luke succeeded and was able to also redeem Vader, with Obi-Wan, Yoda, and the reformed Anakin celebrating the greatest victory the Rebellion had.
  • Obi-Wan ascended into the Pantheon sometime after his mortal coil had been shed by Vader. To his surprise, Obi-Wan found out that he was somehow restored in his prime and that somehow, not only were the Jedi still active, but also the Sith, the Galactic Empire, and the Rebel Alliance. Seeking to learn more of what was going on, Obi-Wan was himself to a divine being known as Cosmos, who filled in the details about what kind of world the Pantheon was. She also presented the Jedi Master about a Forever War that was going on between her and a primordial evil being known as Melkor. Obi-Wan expressed interest in joining the fight, however, it was the involvement of Palpatine and his allies favoring the grand forces of malice that prompted the Jedi to become more active and vigilant in the Pantheon, creating a notable faction in the Grand United Alliance of Good. The Jedi were now needed more than ever.
  • Obi-Wan was surprised to discover just how diverse and colorful the Pantheon, especially when it comes to the stellar reaches of space. Beyond the Jedi, he realized the presence and existence of so many cultures, races and stories that were around, many of which came from wholly different realms and others of which were wholly made. To many, this would be an exciting prospect to learn about and many would dream of adventuring them. To a warrior and peacekeepers like Obi-Wan, this meant that many of them are potential crossfires in the ensuing battle between Cosmos and Melkor and that Jedi emissaries were to be deployed around for protection and safeguarding matters. While some of the Jedi were keen on that notion and took immediate action, Obi-Wan was unfortunately not among them, who was instead held behind to tend to more personal and critical matters. Yoda states that as Obi-Wan is one of his most gifted and special apprentices, it is best that he's not restricted to something too much, plus he is one of the best the Jedi can offer when it comes to their Sith opponents.
    • The war between good and evil became further colocated when new alliances were being formed out of nowhere. Interestingly, the structures and organized fashion of the Jedi Order did somewhat entice the Grand United Alliance of Law, though the Jedi's declared their opposition almost immediately to YHVH. Two influential Sith Lords, Darth Nihilus and Darth Bane, however, went on to join the Grand United Alliance of Destruction and the GUAE Dystopia Harbingers to signal their own independence from Palpatine whilst also maintaining their own enmity against the Jedi. Obi-Wan is more than sure to prepare himself against more of the Sith.
  • As a Jedi Master with decades worth of experience, Obi-Wan is familiar and knows some of the techniques from the seven forms of lightsaber combat styles. The one he specializes in the most is Form III, Soresu, which many consider Obi-Wan to be the greatest example of. It was a defensive stance meant to allow users to anticipate attacks and obstacles, especially blaster shots, and to allow the best possible ability to counter and dodge it before opening up for offense. Obi-Wan's mastery over Soresu has allowed him to conquer many battles, especially the ones against General Grievous and Anakin Skywalker, and has been sought by many sword wielders in the Pantheon to learn how to better their own defenses. While Obi-Wan would be delighted to pass on his knowledge and skill, he's currently too busy trying to keep up with all sorts of threats, much to his regret.
  • Despite the complications the Pantheon had offered, it did grant Obi-Wan one thing that was worthy of comfort; being able to reunite with his lost ones. When his former master, Qui-Gon Jinn found a way to ascend, Obi-Wan was the first to reach out to him and the two had a tearful reunion. Obi-Wan, for a moment, felt that he may not have lived up to Qui-Gon's promise of looking after Anakin as well as they should have expected and that Obi-Wan felt great remorse and pity over the tragic turn of events that led to his apprentice's downfall. Qui-Gon, however, paid no ill will and simply stated that Obi-Wan did the best he can and while he may not have succeeded, the Pantheon may have given them a second chance to amend things. Words that greatly encouraged Obi-Wan to seek Anakin out whilst also being content that he can finally spend time with and fight together with his former master.
    • And speaking of his apprentice, Anakin was in a sorrowful, sobbing mess when he found himself being reunited with Obi-Wan. Regardless of if he retained his guise and appearance of Darth Vader, Anakin was still Obi-Wan's surrogate younger brother. Despite his redemption, he felt as if Obi-Wan would act as if he has severed ties with him, but that that's further from the truth. Obi-Wan simply wanted to reach out to the man that he looked after and fought with and provide a moment of ease for Anakin's tormented soul. Qui-Gon's presence also helped in soothing Anakin, whereupon the former Sith Lord finally felt a genuine moment of happiness. He was relaxed and content, something which he never experienced for years. And because of that, Anakin will always be thankful for Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon.
  • Of course, Obi-Wan has expected to see some of his personal enemies ascend into the Pantheon as well, especially Sidious. However, in the case of his most grueling ones, the situation was rather complicated. The return of Darth Maul was not a pleasant one of course, as he was the most personal and enduring of Obi-Wan's enemies and was responsible for many of the former's tragedies, especially the murders of his master Qui-Gon and his lover, Satine Kryze. However, their final duel was a rather bittersweet one and by the end of his life, Maul had shed off any and all animosities towards Obi-Wan and simply asked if the Chosen One, which they perceived to be Luke Skywalker, would avenge them. Predictably, Maul opposed Obi-Wan, but unlike before, his condescending and vicious demeanor has since dropped. If anything, Maul had gotten a lot more mellow and wise and even came to see Obi-Wan as an equal in his might and strength, but it hasn't stopped him from being the absolute monster he is in battle. Even more amusingly, the fact that Sidious is allied with greater evils led to the incredibly awkward situation of Maul and Obi-Wan considering an alliance, a notion that neither of them was keen about, but with little choice, both were forced to concede. It's not the first time where Maul had to work with a Jedi to defeat a common enemy, but the fact that Obi-Wan and Maul working together against someone was an irony that was not lost on their allies. Though Maul makes it clear that he will turn on Obi-Wan once their deal is settled, which the Jedi Master has anticipated and is planning to wait for that predicament.
    • Count Dooku was even more complex. Unlike Maul, who went rogue against all of the malignant factions of the Pantheon as they did not get along with his perceptions of how he wanted to have the Sith for himself, Dooku joined the Grand United Alliance of Evil... until a Heel Realization hit him on how he was no more of a means to an end like Maul and Vader were and ultimately he would just be used by Palpatine as leverage and defected to his former enemies as Dooku's previous history as a political idealist aligned with theirs more than any evil organization he could think of. Having to see Obi-Wan as an ally was... awkward, to say the least. While the Jedi are not trusting of Dooku for his crimes and treachery, Qui-Gon, his apprentice, was surprisingly open to working with him again and hopes to see Dooku redeem himself, just like Anakin did. While initially hesitant, Obi-Wan reluctantly decided to trust Qui-Gon's word, but so far, things aren't looking easy between him and Dooku. Just because they're allies of convenience doesn't mean there's a lot of tension, which the two of them would have to deal with just as much. In fact, Obi-Wan and Dooku are only stopped from in-fighting because of Qui-Gon as the two are aware that they can't afford to also damage their relationship and trust in him.
    • General Grievous is the most hostile, with him not forgetting about their final fight against one another that ended with Obi-Wan roasting him to death via using a blaster on his remaining organic parts. Grievous, despite his genuine alliance with Dooku, has no room for wanting to settle for a mutual feud against a common enemy, let alone consider Obi-Wan a Worthy Opponent and simply wants to have a payback. However, much to the droid leader's sore irritation, most would rather remember him for adding lightsabers to his "fine addition". Though that said, he'll play along in case someone says "Hello There" behind him, only for Grievous to turn around and say "General Kenobi!", even if the person behind him is not Obi-Wan.
  • Beyond the Sith Lords he was familiar with in his mortal life, Obi-Wan has a rather negative moment with Kreia. While she was formerly Darth Traya, she has since come to denounce both the Jedi and the Sith, with Obi-Wan being no exception. Oddly enough, the fact that they were influential masters meant that there was a sort of parallel to be seen between the two, which Obi-Wan found rather peculiar. Unfortunately, Kreia's unwillingness to compromise leaves Obi-Wan with no choice but to not think too much about her which upsets him whereas Kreia herself keeps to herself and doesn't care, though she was not hesitant about attacking any Jedi that comes in her way, aside from The Exile, who does see Obi-Wan as a fellow Jedi to fight alongside with.
  • One deity that Obi-Wan found intrigue towards was Hal Jordan, a man who was a member of the intergalactic Green Lantern Corps, dedicated to overseeing and protecting the Universe from cosmic threats. Learning about him, Obi-Wan was surprised to learn that Hal had a lot in common with Anakin; he was an Ace Pilot, a maverick in his organization, preferring to defy the rules to do what he thought was justified, turned into a great threat (in Hal's case, Parallax) after witnessing the destruction and loss of something he cherished, went on to destroy the very organization he worked for out of grief and rage and died redeeming himself. That said, he did return and manage to inspire the Green Lantern Corps into being restored and the fact that Hal was in good touch with Anakin meant that Obi-Wan could easily reach out to him. Hal was pleased and was open to working with a fellow galactic soldier. The fact that they know just how impactful a tragedy can be has helped that the two understanding one another pretty well.
  • As a mentor, Obi-Wan has found camaraderie with fellow beings who also went on to become teachers with pupils. Those like Albus Dumbledore, Mickey Mouse, and Kakashi Hatake have expressed a level of respect towards Obi-Wan for being an adequate student for Qui-Gonn and for doing the best he could to be a good role model for Anakin, though he normally shies away when asked about the latter. While Anakin did become an excellent Jedi and practitioner of The Force under his guidance, Obi-Wan still felt as if he failed Anakin from not falling into the Dark Side, even if he had managed to redeem himself. Dumbledore and Kakashi have empathized with Obi-Wan when it came to losing a friend to evil as they've had that similar experience, though Obi-Wan personally thinks that despite their redemption, they still have a lot more to do to earn them, Anakin included.
    • A battle simulation was created between Obi-Wan and Kakashi that ended with the former winning. The results of the fight motivated Kakashi to improve his dexterity and overall strength to be able to better fight alongside Obi-Wan against mutual enemies, which the Jedi Master greatly appreciated. The battle simulation also made Obi-Wan find out about Kakashi's interests in erotic fiction, much to the ninja's chagrin.
    • He got to befriend a series of unexpected figures in the form of Po and the Furious Five for being strong and dedicated warriors, in addition to Po being a chosen one who manages to impress and hold up to his master and comrades' expectations and respect. Obi-Wan also came to respect Master Oogway for his strong wisdom and support for his successors, though he also finds himself pitying Tai Lung for going through a path that only bought him pain and suffering. The fact that Tai Lung's downfall was not unlike Anakin's was not left unnoticed by Obi-Wan and while he does want to reach out to him, the Jedi thinks that he wouldn't listen, so the only way to settle it is by battle. Tai Lung, on the other hand, doesn't want to be pitied, but nonetheless sees Obi-Wan as a Worthy Opponent to be given a shot against.
    • A mixed feeling rose towards Professor Venomous. While he did start off as a hero named Laserblast, he once lost his powers and, in a desperate bid to try getting them back, start to mold himself into a villain whereupon he began to grow a strong opposition towards his son, K.O. While his tenure as a villain has come to an end, albeit with heavy consequences, Venomous is yet to be forgiven, especially as a son, though he acknowledges that he only has himself to blame. Obi-Wan is no exception, but knowing that Anakin is in a similar predicament, he is not as antagonistic towards him as most others would and does expect him to try to be better. That said, Obi-Wan does keep wary of Venomous, though him getting along with Anakin has had Obi-Wan lecture his former apprentice to be careful, which Anakin accepted. Doesn't stop him and Venomous from getting along though, but Obi-Wan will let it slide for the moment.
  • Obi-Wan figured that there would be far more protectors and maintainers to space than just the Jedi, and those who were involved in the Federation, especially those who piloted the Starship Enterprise. Here, Obi-Wan met many individuals who have scored a reputation for having stopped intergalactic threats and have dealt with ideological and political strife and complications between different races and planets. Whilst respecting the leadership of James T. Kirk, the tenacity of Jean Luc-Picard, and the care and determination of Benjamin Sisko, they found a common element in that they had to deal with certain questionable teachings and methods of both the Jedi Order and the Federation, which ended up costing them heavily, personally, ideally and on a larger scale. As of now, all they can hope for is to do better in the Pantheon than they did in their home universes. And the returning threats of Khan and Dukat have had Obi-Wan motivated to reach out and give help to his newfound friends.
  • One figure in the Pantheon that surprisingly caught Obi-Wan's attention was a boy named Jonas, who was chosen to become the new Reciever of Memory by its predecessor, who went on to be known as The Giver of Memory. Initially, the task was to be given to the Giver's daughter, Rosemary, but the burden of the task was too much to bear and she ended up taking her own life. Obi-Wan was stunned to learn of the role Jonas had taken as it involved holding onto memories of everything the human mind can potentially hold on as memories, as well as having to take care of an infant boy named Gabriel, who was initially sent to be executed via lethal injection for simply having a weak constitution. While Obi-Wan respected what Jonas had been through, he also feels as if he's struggled and suffered a lot and decides that he be given care and aid to help him and Gabriel out as he adjusts in the Pantheon. Jonas has since been thankful.
  • Two notable foes that Obi-Wan encountered were Darkseid and Thanos, galactic tyrants whose reputation reminded the Jedi of Palpatine, though neither of them was actually affiliated with the Sith Lord, with both tyrants choosing to pursue separate goals. Darkseid personally sees the Jedi's connection to the Force as an interesting aspect to look into and seeks to learn about its mystic arts so that he could exploit the Force in his favor and destroy the Jedi. Thanos simply sees them as another threat, though does commend some Jedi Masters, Obi-Wan included, for their tenacity and their reputation as peacekeepers and warriors. Seeing as the two of them are dire threats to the galaxy, Obi-Wan and the Jedi are determined to combat Darkseid and Thanos for their ruthless tyranny and destruction.
    • Frieza and Cooler were also a brotherly pair of cosmic tyrants who desires nothing else other than to terrorize and control whatever planet and race they plunder and conquer. The fact that the two of them, especially Frieza, took glee in their acts of violence and suffering was a sure way to alert the Jedi Order about the threat that they pose. They personally don't see the Jedi as much to consider and balk at the very idea of keeping peace in the galaxy, though Frieza admits feeling a sort of seething rage upon looking at a lightsaber. The first time he died was from a sword strike after all, and he will never forget it. Much like Darkseid and Thanos, the Jedi has seen the brotherly tyrants as just as much of a danger to the cosmos as Palpatine is and Obi-Wan is making sure to prepare himself should he ever face off against them.
  • Obi-Wan also became worried about the arrival and threat of the alien known as Brainiac. In fact, Brainiac's first known victims in the Pantheon were a group of Jedi designated to protect the planet and according to survivors and eyewitnesses, he took the Jedi's corpses for himself where he suddenly gained knowledge about The Force, which immediately alarmed the Jedi Order into unrest and concern. Since then, Obi-Wan has been doing personal checkups on the Coluan's activities and seeks to find a way to stop him from further wrecking havoc. The fact that Brainiac desires to learn more about the Jedi, Sith, and The Force via capturing and storing their settlements and its inhabitants into a bottle for him to keep and research for his collection was a sign that the Jedi needs to be further ready to deal with a being who would stop at nothing to collect what interests him. Obi-Wan personally sees Brainiac with disgust as his knack of destroying prevents him from finding any genuine appreciation and that beneath his cold exterior is someone who finds excitement in inflicting pain, horror, and suffering towards someone.
    • He also realized the threat of the Decepticons and has since come to see Megatron with high wariness and concern as he is dead-set on conquering the universe and restoring Cybertron in his own vision. Megatron himself doesn't have many thoughts for the Jedi, instead merely seeing them as beneath him. That said, Obi-Wan is one of the few that he does take seriously, given that he is one of their best and has survived many battles against the Sith. Beyond that, the Jedi also learned about Unicron and his desire to end the universe so that he could have his silence. Being the Negotiator that he is, Obi-Wan went on to establish a pact with Optimus Prime and the Autobots. The latter greatly respected the Jedi's creed of trying to maintain balance and peace in the cosmos and adding to the fact that both worked with Cosmos, they quickly became good allies with one another. Now, what needs to be done is to stop the rising threat of the Decepticons and Unicron.
  • Beyond being one of the most well-known Jedi in the Pantheon, Obi-Wan is also famous and popular for... being incredibly quotable and for becoming a huge focus on a sort of culture that he has no knowledge on. Chances are, whenever someone wants to meet Obi-Wan, they'd peep behind him and exclaim "Hello there", or if they're fighting against a Sith, they'd declare that "Sith Lords are our specialty". It was sort of endearing... at first. Then it became annoying once Obi-Wan began to realize that a lot of people who idolize him do so because of him being a meme icon, not for being a Jedi Master.
    • The most quoted meme is him being "on the high ground", which according to those who quip it, somehow turns Obi-Wan into an Overdeity and can potentially defeat Melkor with it. While Obi-Wan will occasionally play along with it, the circumstances around the time he said that was anything but humorous and he would like to kindly remind others not to remind him of Anakin's downfall too much. Also, he's not an Overdeity just because he's in a higher elevation than his enemies; that's more to do with the fact that he was at a strategic advantage than anything else, and if anything, he tried to warn Anakin not to attempt attacking him. Obviously enough, Anakin supports Obi-Wan in this notion. Maul simply gets mad whenever he hears the meme; he doesn't understand how he had the high ground, yet Obi-Wan still defeated him despite hanging on the edge of a massive hole beneath Maul's feet. Though he's surprised to hear that Obi-Wan himself is rather mixed about the topic.
"If you define yourself by your power to take life, your desire to dominate, to possess, then you have nothing."

The Infamous Triumvirate

    John Kreese 
John Kreese, God of Harsh, Shady Senseis
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Kreese during the 1980s
Kreese during the Vietnam War
  • Demigod
  • Symbol: The Cobra Kai Logo with the Words, "No Mercy"
  • Alignment: Neutral Evil (may or may not be switching to Neutral Good with Koala Kai)
  • Portfolio: Sensei for Scoundrels, The Biggest Influence of Cobra Kai's Mentality, The Complete Opposite of Mr. Miyagi, Former Vietnam Veteran, Jerkass who turns out to be Even Worse, "Sweep The Leg" (Former Trope Namer), Cannot Tolerate being in any position other then First Place, Dirty Old Man, Johnny's former Sensei, Greater-Scope Villain, Believes Mercy is a Weakness, Sociopathy, Manipulative Bastard, Makes up Obviously Falsified Stories about his Wartime Experiences, Wants revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, Does not display Racial Standards
  • Domains: Karate, Sensei, Manipulation, Mentors, Scoundrels
  • Heralds: Terry Silver, Mike Barnes and his goons, Tory, Raymond/Stingray, Doug Rickenberger, Mikey Kyler, Robby Keene
  • High Priest: Master Li
  • Allies: Norman Osborne, Master Bison, Balrog, Vega, Lex Luthor, The Joker, Madara Uchiha, Odio (Specifically Odi Wang Lee)
  • Rival: Odio (Specifically Odi Oldbright), Heihachi Mishima
  • Enemies: Johnny Lawrence, Daniel LaRusso, Jimmy Hopkins, Mikoto Mikasa, Matilda Wormwood, Ryu, Ken, Robert E.O. Speedwagon, The Hawkins Party
  • Opposes/Opposed By: Mr. Miyagi, Master Oogway
  • Respects: Regime Superman
  • Disregards: Biff Tannen, Gary Smith, Sugou Nobuyuki
  • A veteran during the Vietnam War, John Kreese developed a fatalistic mindset that "Mercy is for the Weak", the world is cruel and is necessary to fight back and that winning was what mattered most. He met up with Terry Silver, whom together would form the dojo known as Cobra Kai. Cobra Kai would become a successful dojo attracting numerous students who became proficient karate fighters, however Kreese's philosophy and ethics were one of brutal pragmatism and general ruthlessness, which turned students into vicious bullies. He scored a star student in Johnny Lawrence who won the All-Valley Karate Tournament twice a year, until they encountered Daniel LaRusso and his sensei Nariyoshi Miyagi where they agreed that Daniel will participate in the 1985 All-Valley tournament lest Johnny and his group continue bullying Daniel.. When Johnny lost to Daniel in the finals, Kreese was furious, broke Johnny runner-up trophy and began to choke him once he started speaking out against him. This, alongside being defeated by a bypassing Mr. Miyagi caused the Cobra Kai students to suddenly defect after seeing how much of a scumbag Kreese really was. He tried to recreate Cobra Kai later on to no success.
    • He would later show up again 34 years later towards an older Johnny, who had managed to bring back Cobra Kai. The two fought before Johnny decided to let his former sensei reenter his life after Kreese decided to formally apologize. Unfortunately, while Johnny was inactive to spend time with his friends, one of which was dying, Kreese took advantage of Johnny's absence and decided to further corrupt the new generation of Cobra Kai students. Johnny caught wind of this and threw Kreese out, but realized too late that he had made a deal with Johnny's landlord to usurp Cobra Kai. After a series of horrifying and tragic events also involving Daniel and the new generation of Miyagi-Do, Kreese turned the tables and snatched Cobra Kai from Johnny, finally scoring a victory while Johnny was left to wander the streets.
  • After hearing about the Pantheon and how Johnny and Daniel were a part of it, Kreese decided to to take ride there in an attempt to take Cobra Kai to new ventures and spread its influence. Upon arrival, he was surprised to see that Mr. Miyagi was also present. Kreese was pleasantly surprised, knowing that he has another shot at personally humiliating Mr. Miyagi now that Kreese had also made his presence known.
    • Speaking of which, Daniel and Mr. Miyagi were not happy to learn that John Kreese was now in the Pantheon. John took their reactions with a smug approach and proceeded to establish a new Cobra Kai branch in the Pantheon, eager to preach and enforce the motto of "Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy"
  • Its a known fact that Kreese is a vicious bully who is all too willing to manipulate and corrupt his students to become more aggressive and vindictive towards other people. However, many of his students are victims of bullying themselves, which paints a rather dark image for Cobra Kai. For one, while Kreese is undoubtedly a terrible person, he isn't exactly wrong about how the world tends to be a cruel and unforgiving place and that sometimes mercy is inapplicable in certain situations. This however does not help in his case of corrupting teenagers though.
    • Biff Tannen and Gary Smith expressed interested in learning karate from Kreese. Kreese promptly bloodied their noses and kicked them out of his dojo. He knows that Biff and Gary are exactly the kind of people who are responsible for bullying victims to attend Cobra Kai and sees their actions and personality as completely unfitting for his dojo's ethical code. Also because they would've been incompetent students anyway Due to lacking certain areas.
  • Being someone who fought during the Vietnam War, Kreese is very dismissive towards any ethnicity outside of his own. This has made him pretty unpopular with residents belonging to different races, but Kreese really doesn't seem to mind. He also finds newer generations of empowerment to be a joke and thinks its these kinds of values that are making the new generation mentally weak. He'd much rather break someone's nose than hear anything stating "The Future is Female".
  • Kreese is unsurprisingly hated by bully hunters like Jimmy Hopkins, Mikoto Mikasa and Matilda Wormwood, who do not like the fact that he mentors troubled teens and poisons their minds to become bullies themselves. They've since sided with Johnny and Daniel in opposing him and his actions. Similarly, the Hawkins Party, the Boys in particular despise Kreese for being an unrepentant asshole. He brushed them off before deciding to hurl his insults on the boys for being nerdy losers. He took to verbally harassing Will for being the most child-like out of the party. Naturally, he was thrown into a wall by Eleven who got sick and tired of hearing Kreese's insults.
    • Ryu and Ken were openly disgusted with the kind of mindset that Kreese was teaching and have made it clear that they will prevent him from putting in more influence. Kreese has scoffed, knowing that he has Balrog and Vega as allies to back him up.
  • Despite his unpopularity, Kreese finds company under Balrog and Vega, considering they're brutal fighters who won't hesitate to fighting using underhanded tactics. Kreese is willing to teach them karate to further refine their fighting skills, though he does want to find a way to discipline Balrog first. A chance meeting with Madara resulted in the two appreciating their pessimistic viewpoints on the world. Kreese will allow Madara to attend his dojo as speculation. Madara on the other hand gives Kreese credit for knowing how the world works and what needs to be undertaken when it comes to fighting.
  • Kreese surprisingly praises and holds high regard for Regime Superman. He liked the fact that the Fallen Man of Steel became more brutal and displayed no restraints when it comes to taking on his enemies. In a sense, Regime Superman manages to represent much of Cobra Kai's motto to which Kreese snickered with smug entitlement. Conversely, Regime Superman praises Kreese for teaching students on how to deal with the world, considering the two's similar pessimistic viewpoint of it.
  • Is pretty well known for his phrase "Sweep the Leg". This confirmed that Kreese was a dishonorable fighter who would do anything, even dirty tactics if it meant winning. Alas it blew up in his face when he instructed Johnny to do this to Daniel and lost, but Kreese isn't going to let it go. After all to him, there's "No Mercy" in the Pantheon, considering the Forever War between Cosmos, Melkor, YHVH and Lucifer.
  • Needing financial support to keep his dojo up and running, Kreese has made an alliance with Norman Osborne and Lex Luthor. Norman is impressed to see how Kreese is able to manipulate and corrupt vulnerable teens into becoming aggressive, vindictive bullies. Lex feels as if because Kreese's hatred towards Mr. Miyagi is similar to Lex's disdain towards "the alien", he has a degree of kinship with him.
  • The Joker has also taken interest after learning that part of Cobra Kai's founding and ideology seem to involve having "one bad day" and wanting to show everyone that's all it takes to be like them, viewing Kreese and some of his students as people who "actually get it".
  • Has a mixed relationship with two of Odio's personas. He gets along with Odi Wang Lee, with Wang Lee appreciating Kreese for toughening up troubled kids and warping them into vindictive bullies who will justify themselves for their actions. Odi Oldbright is more of a rivalry, with the two of them being combat practitioners in the 20th Century. Unlike the two of them however, Kreese isn't a killer, or at least not as successful as one. His rivalry also extends to Heihachi, who thinks Kreese's training mindset is effective in making people stronger. Naturally, this also earned Kreese Jin's enmity.
  • Refuses to answer questions about another school he created called Koala Kai, where he practices the opposite of what Cobra Kai is known for. All he says is that it's a long story that they may or may not get to later. Besides, it's proven to be a successful business that's helped solved some of his problems and put him back on top.
Cobra Kai Never Dies...

    Thaal Sinestro 
In Blackest day, in Brightest night,

Beware your fears made into light.

Let those who try to stop what's right,

Burn like my power—Sinestro's might!

Thaal Sinestro, God of Villainous Predecessors to the Hero

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Sinestro as a Green Lantern
Sinestro as an Ultraviolet Lantern
  • Intermediate God (Greater God when using Parallax or as an Ultraviolet Lantern)
  • Symbol: The Symbol of his own Corps
  • Alignment: Zigzags between Lawful Evil and Lawful Neutral (Currently Lawful Neutral)
  • Portfolio: Well-Intentioned Extremist, Human Aliens, Utopia Justifies the Means, Anti-Villain, Magnificent Bastard, Crazy-Prepared, Feared Beings, Left-Handed Villains, Even Evil Has Loved Ones, Family Revelations, Real Men Are Pink
  • Domains: Fear, Ambiguity, Order, Tyranny, Extremism, Mentors, Determination, Willpower
  • Followers: Hades
  • Heralds: His fellow Yellow Lanterns, Soranik Natu (his daughter)
  • Patron: Parallax
  • Allies: Lex Luthor, Ra's al Ghul, Doctor Doom, Bowser, Char Azanble, Kaito Kumon/Kamen Rider Baron, Emperor Zurg, Count Dooku, Lord Hater, Commander Peeps
  • Villainous Friendship: Black Adam
  • Potential Yellow Lantern Recruits: The Doomslayer, Zero, Spooky, Vlad the Impaler, Konrad Curze, Goblin Slayer, Retsu Unohara, Altera, Kiritsugu Emiya, Talion, Velvet Crowe, Frank Castle/The Punisher, Medivh, Nappa, Turles, Hit
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork/Ceasfire With: The Other Lantern Corps (Especially the Green Lanterns, Atrocitus, and Saint Walker), The Justice League, The Z-Fighters, Eddie Brock/Venom, The USS Enterprise Crew, Team Dai-Gurren, The Space Sherriffs, The Sailor Guardians, Sailor Galaxia, Regime Superman, Madara Uchiha, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Samus Aran, Eirin Yagokoro
  • Enemies: Nekron, The Anti-Monitor, Mongul, Krona, Zamasu, The Anti-Spiral, Unicron, King Ghidorah, Big Brother, The Plutonian, The Lich, The Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah, Daffy Ducknote , Evolto/Kamen Rider Evolt, Frieza, Cooler, Moro, Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, Death Phantom, The Death Busters, The Dead Moon Circus, Kyubey and the Incubators, Ridley, Team Lightyear, YHVH, Vilgax, Lord Dominator
  • Eviler Counterparts: Sauron, Diablo, Megatron
  • Worthy Opponent: Thanos, Sephiroth
  • Enemy Mine: Ganthet, The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za, Rosalina
  • Respects: Max Eisendardt/Magneto, Nagato, Kratos, Revan
  • Feared By: Fear
  • Pities: Cortana, Raiden
  • Disappointed In: Light Yagami, Sakazuki/Akainu
  • Wary Of: Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow, Freddy Krueger, Kenshiro, Alma Wade
  • Commonality Connection: General Zod
  • Special Relationship: Hal Jordan/Green Lantern (his Apprentice, Friend, and Arch-Enemy), Abin Sur (his Best Friend)
  • Thaal Sinestro was a denizen of the planet Korugar who grew a passion for history and decided to become an archaeologist to pursue his interests on a professional level. During an expedition, his life would forever change when he stumbled across a peculiar green ring from a dying alien, which upon wearing it, gave Sinestro a green suit and an assortment of powers generated and controlled by his emotions via the said ring. Using his newfound abilities to fend off an invading alien, Sinestro was contacted by Abin Sur, who told him that what he was wearing was a Green Lantern Ring and that he was part of an intergalactic police force dedicated to instilling order and protection for the universe. From here, Sinestro opted to join the Corps to represent Sector 1417, and throughout his career, he was seen as the best in the force, demonstrating immense willpower, winning the respect of his fellow Corps members and their overseers, the Guardians of the Universe, and cultivating a close friendship with Abin. Behind the scenes, however, Sinestro became convinced that he was better than the rest of the Corps and that he needed to take action and directive however way he could, effectively going against the backs of his loyalty and using his powers to satisfy his own ends. In a twisted, extreme way to assure protection for his home planet, Sinestro became a dictator to Korugar.
    • Things would take a sharp turn in Sinestro's life when Abin Sur died from an enemy attack. Taking responsibility to honor his friend's memory, Sinestro decided to mentor Abin's successor, a human from Earth named Hal Jordan. Although Sinestro was impressed by what his newfound protege was capable of, Hal would end up being the catalyst of Sinestro's downfall and exilement from the Green Lantern Corps as the earthling would discover and expose the tyranny and dictatorship of Korugar that Sinestro was leading. As a result, his Green Lantern ring was removed, and Sinestro was sent to Qward, a planet in the Antimatter Universe to serve his sentence, with his ring being given to a doctor and rebel named Soranik Natu. But after being an inactive force for so long, Sinestro would make a deal with an eldritch being named Parallax to manipulate and possess Hal into becoming a crazed, grief-stricken harbinger, but his ultimate comeback was after years of deceit and manipulation from behind the scenes, he would break free of his prison and create an alliance of like-minded criminals who would be given yellow rings which were powered by inspiring fear onto others, with Parallax being their main influence and abstract patron. From here, he established the Sinestro Corps and waged a battle against the Green Lanterns and the heroes of Earth, culminating in an epic battle that cemented him as his former organization's greatest enemy. Even when defeated by Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner, Sinestro affirmed that with his actions, he's succeeded in making the Green Lanterns more willing to take drastic actions to secure the protection and safety of the universe. He would resurface later on to fight against the other Lantern Corps against the threat of Nekron and for his overall impact, Sinestro would be seen as one of the most formidable foes in the Greater DC Universe and personally come to be defined by his complex relationship with Hal, whom he personally sees as a friend even after everything they've been through.
  • If the Green Lanterns were to be in the Pantheon, then Sinestro isn't going to lag behind. Upon arriving in these divine realms, Sinestro quickly figured that his surroundings were quite unfamiliar and investigated as many areas as he could. Of course, he figured that he was in a very different sort of the cosmos and then he discovered that he was a patron for representing villains who once served as a predecessor to a hero, a fact that the man reacted with amusement, though he wouldn't personally see himself as evil so much as he's a man who will use whatever extreme methods he could to ensure order and stability. Suffice it to say, the Pantheon was a very different place from what he had expected, which he found a rather excitable thing; he can be more unpredictable and dangerous than his home universe, that is if he plays his cards right as well as find potential new recruits that can further the scope of his ambitions. He took his time to learn about every important figure he may have to contend with, such as Cosmos, Melkor, YHVH, and Lucifer, to name a few and slowly built up his presence and influence as a brutal and fearsome enforcer of order in the Pantheonic reaches of space. It may not net him a lot of allies, but if there's one thing it will do, it will make the Pantheon a safer place, and that is something Sinestro is content with.
  • Sinestro is a man defined by his grand ambition and his willingness to do whatever it takes to reach them. As a result, he is one of the most persistent figures in the Pantheonic reaches of space, and years of experience have given him the patience and cunning to play the long game and devise plans to benefit himself in long-term circumstances to ensure that even in a loss, he'll gain something in return. And of course, he's even more formidable thanks to the Yellow Lantern Ring he always carries alongside being the leader of an intergalactic Corps that is dedicated to using fear and aggression to instill order in the Pantheon, with Sinestro sincerely believing that enforcing terror is the best way to ensure peace and prosperity, no matter how many would contest his stance. Much like any other Lantern Corps member and leader, he could construct whatever he visualizes in his mind and use them in whatever way he wants, such as offensive and defensive materialization, flight, and providing himself a means of safe traversal in space, but his greatest abilities are his ability to inspire great fear, a level of intelligence that can deceive even other like-minded geniuses, and having incredible willpower, almost as great as Hal's. As a result, many, heroes and villains, are wary of dealing with Sinestro as while he may not be a powerhouse, his influence, strategies, and determination are what make him a worthy contender against even Greater Gods and a force of great terror in the Pantheon, all of which Sinestro plans on making the fullest use of if it means furthering his ambitions.
  • Much like the other Lantern Corps leaders, Sinestro is a patrol for one of the Emotional Embodiments, namely Parallax, and though an unpleasant and self-righteous man who is more than likely to butt heads, his intelligence, planning, and reasonings are undoubtedly valued in the long run when it comes to dealing with greater threats, and the Pantheon has so many of them, Nekron and the Anti-Monitor included that Sinestro is needed, whether he's a villain or on the heroes' side for his own benefits. That said, Sinestro does express a measure of respect for the other leaders and is praiseworthy of them if they ever manage to impress him on some level. With Hal Jordan, Sinestro admits that even if he admits that Hal is the man responsible for his villainy (though he would deny this claim openly), he doesn't hate him, instead seeing him as a worthy apprentice and one whom he would still mentor in his own shrewd, twisted way. To quote Sinestro about his opinion towards Hal, they "were always friends".
    • Most would recognize Sinestro as a tyrant and oppressor who held Korugar with an iron fist during his time as a Green Lantern, but good luck convincing that to him, which he claims he was instilling order for the protection and benefit of his planet. Even if they have worse enemies to deal with and are on a truce because of this, Team Lightyear and the Space Sheriffs are not shy about voicing their dislike towards Sinestro, claiming that Sinestro would obviously try to rope things into his tyranny once they get a mutual task done and that working with him is an exercise of being belittled and impeded by his claims of being the better man on defending the universe and the Pantheon. While the Space Sheriffs will sometimes fight alongside Sinestro, if mainly because of their own alliance with Hal and making it clear that they don't like it one bit, Team Lightyear is a lot less kind and outright want nothing to do with him, with Sinestro just seeing their stance as disappointing. The fact that he somehow intends on working with their arch-enemy, Emperor Zurg doesn't help matters either, though Sinestro personally intends for this alliance to be one where he could get Zurg to unwittingly provide orderly service to the Pantheon under the pretense of more power. That, and he intends for things to be careful, lest things turn out just like when Mongul took over his Corps.
  • Once a great hero, he's obviously not very well-liked by the House of Heroism, though given he's had to fight against his former Corps as well as the Justice League, this is to be expected. That said, Sinestro would often state that there are others like him who stood in defiance of their allegiances, regardless of their fame and dependency and that most should be glad that he's trying to affirm protection for the cosmos, something that most would just roll their eyes over. It's one trait that he shares with Cortana, an A.I. whose reputation as a heroic force was wasted when she decided that she must become a Galactic Conqueror to ensure peace, even going through genocidal extremes to do so, though Sinestro is merely just pitiful of her as her strategies and tactics were sloppy and she's too burdened by her closest relations, particularly Master Chief, to truly be someone worth working with as well as not possessing enough fear factor to be a potential member of his Corps. Pinbacker and Archaon are a bit more contentious as they're far too mentally warped that, even with the necessary fear factor they possess, Sinestro couldn't really approach them without Pinbacker and Archaon declaring defiance and initiating a fight against him, not caring about bringing order in the slightest. Of all of them, it seems Revan was the fallen paragon Sinestro admitted to having the most respect for and though they haven't met much, Sinestro does intend to either work with Revan or have him be an unwitting instrument to further his own goals, believing that Revan's power, the fear he inspires in Jedi and Sith alike, and defiance towards anyone in the way of his own pursuits would be great benefits for Sinestro and being a worthy candidate for his organization.
  • While most see him as a blatant dictator, and he's actually open about the sentiment, Sinestro would always affirm that this is for the greater good and that the Pantheon and the reaches of space are going to need him if law and order need to be enforced. This would naturally make him someone a being like YHVH would take a liking to, but Sinestro was instead rather disgusted by the divine figure upon learning about him. For one, YHVH's way of law is to declare absolute loyalty and servitude to him and anything that is remotely against him will be decimated akin to something like a Great Flood, clearly not tolerant of anything that steps out of his control. Sinestro likened his mentality to that of Darkseid's and found YHVH's constant boasts and proclamations far too pretentious and preachy to get behind on, furthering his distaste for what most saw as a twisted iteration of the Judeau-Christian God. This, naturally, didn't pass well for YHVH, who branded Sinestro as a hypocritical heretic who sees his pursuit of order as instead a sowing of chaos, something that the alien was rather amused by. On that note, Sinestro also voices his distaste for galactic tyrants like Frieza, Cooler, and Darth Sidious; sure they possess the ability to inspire great fear, but their constant need of pleasuring themselves through sadism, committing horrible acts, and mistreat their subordinatesnote  bring to mind Mongul, and Sinestro, himself a manipulative and dreaded villain for many, knows how giving them such power is a terrible idea, not to mention their tyranny is much more blatantly oppressive and detrimental to others. It's in these few occasions where Sinestro would admit to making an uneasy alliance with a mutual foe to make sure a greater threat isn't threatening his ambitions.
    • Despite his villainy, Sinestro's words about bringing order to make the Pantheon and the reaches of space are genuine, but the extremes he would go to for those ends are what attract criticism towards him by most. He found a relatable figure in Doctor Doom, who has similar desires for Latveria and would often extend his ambitions to the world and the two saw each other as a useful ally for their ends, though Sinestro does figure that Doom needs to keep his ego in check, considering his grudge with the "Accursed Richards". He also came into an alliance with Count Dooku, a Sith Lord whose since struck out on his own against Palpatine, whom he formerly served, and seeks to use his powers and authority to bring his own version of order, even going as far as to work with former enemies if it means accelerating his ambitions and it helps that the two of them are open to the idea of valuable allies and knowing that working together would mean more support and power for each other. Finally, Sinestro found himself unexpected allies in Bowser and Kaito Kumon; he saw the former as a fearsome and powerful asset while Bowser himself found Sinestro's attempts at order as cool, though he's not as interested in peace while the latter's darwinistic direction for peace was something Sinestro could vouch, not to mention Kaito sees the Sinestro Corps as a good stepping stone for more power, that is if he can inspire enough fear to gain a Yellow Lantern Ring of his own.
    • While he's not fazed by being a dictator, one thing he'll make clear is that he is not someone who wants to instill a dystopia. He may be oppressive towards others, but Sinestro isn't out to make everyone in his grasp miserable, or at least intentionally so. This is why he finds comparisons between him and other, more overt villainous leaders like Sauron, Vilgax, and Megatron irritating and insulting. While he can be cruel and terrifying on his worst days, Sinestro isn't out to enslave others, kill his subordinates for the stupidest of inconveniences, or get himself out to be hated by everybody, he knows that he needs to provide morale and respect if he's going to need a powerful army to lead. As a result, he's open to opposing all three of them and would even lay it out how he's a "better" leader than them. Sauron, on the other hand, sees Sinestro as a pretender to his own ambitions for order, Vilgax just views him as a rival to his campaign of conquest of the universe, and Megatron thinks Sinestro is a hypocrite as his attempts at dictatorship are a delusional try at being some savior, which Megatron finds rather comical, not to mention he'd be better off fighting Unicron, who really does want to obliterate the universe and the Pantheon in his brutal odyssey to exterminate life itself and rule a lifeless void to himself.
      • Finally, if there's one person Sinestro really hates being compared to, it's Zamasu. The feeling is mutual, but that's mainly because Zamasu hates everyone and everything to begin with and Sinestro isn't any different, with the Fallen Kai seeing him as a heretical brute who is too lost in his own evil to proclaim his intentions as good, which disgusts him. Sinestro, on the other hand, not only despises Zamasu for being, in his perspective, a genocidal brat but also for being such a colossal hypocrite as whatever criticisms and hate he gives out to others just as easily apply to him. There's also the fact that Zamasu's view of an "orderly realm" is one where nothing literally exists but just him, which led Sinestro to wonder what exactly is "orderly" about a dead world and call Zamasu out on how terribly short-sighted he was. Needless to say, the Fallen Kai didn't take his criticism well, but Sinestro claimed that he's already won as he has an army and the backing of almost everyone against someone who is universally hated. On another note, Sinestro also hates Kyubey and the Incubators, but mainly because he sees their methods to save the universe from a potential heat death as one that's needlessly complicated and overspecialized and feels that making teenage girls magical girls and sending them out to fight or die is a step too far even for him, in addition to finding the Incubators' warped and twisted thoughts and mentality to be too messed up for Sinestro to fully concede.
  • Anyone who can prove themselves fearsome, regardless of their alignment will catch the interest of Sinestro and his Corps. He intends to keep an eye on them mainly because a majority of them would be good candidates for his Corps and he thinks that uniting them together to fight against a mutual threat would prove instrumental in furthering his goal of universal peace through fear and terror. One such figure was Darth Vader, who shared a few similarities with Sinestro, but has since spent his days in the Pantheon trying to atone for his actions. There's still some respect on Sinestro's end, but Vader refuses to work alongside him, not wanting to alienate himself further and admitting that they're only in an alliance because they have Palpatine and a few others as shared enemies. Scope is also not a big factor, as Sinestro respects more comparatively "grounded" figures like Frank Castle and Kiritsugu Emiya simply for proving themselves formidable fighters and possessing the ability to inspire great fear and even if they're not interested in being Corps members, Sinestro has other ways to get them to be useful for his ends.
    • He spends a lot of hours in the House of Dread and Valor. The irony that the Earth Green Lanterns, Hal included are among its main representatives isn't lost on Sinestro and, if anything, feels that they've earned it. He's a bit bummed at the fact that he doesn't represent that particular House instead of Legacy and Influence, but he's since come to accept it. Of course, being the leader of an organization whose members are determined by how much fear factor they present means he's a patron saint in Dread and Valor. The fact that he could terrify Guy Gardner, a man whose known for being more fearless than the rest of the Green Lanterns says enough about how terrifying Sinestro can be. Fear is outright terrified of Sinestro and always goes into a panic upon seeing him, and the fact that one of the embodiments of fear, a small purple man living inside the mind of a girl, was admittedly humorous for Sinestro. On a more serious note, Diablo and Freddy Krueger make him outright cautious. Sure the two of them have more than demonstrated their capability of showing great fear, but their plans are outright against Sinestro's ambitions. For one, Sinestro wants order, not complete Hell in the Pantheon as the former does and the latter is far too much of a rampant child murderer and sadist, much like Mongul. That, and Sinestro figured that being associated with them would not spell well for his already controversial reputation in the Pantheon.
    • (Potential Yellow Lantern Recruits) Sinestro wouldn't enjoy his time in the Pantheon had he not taken the time to find potential figures and candidates he deems worthy to be inducted as Yellow Lanterns and he was impressed to find a number of them, regardless of who they are and what their desires and alignments are. Among his favorites are the Doom Slayer, a Super-Soldier who became the bane of demonkind and whose exploits made him the stuff of legends for any aspiring demon hunter, Goblin Slayer for the same reasons, except goblins are the victims, which Sinestro feels that they deserve to be eviscerated, Talion and Velvet Crowe, whose dreaded reputations were the end result of losing their loved ones and deciding to lash out their aggressors, Spooky for inspiring fear to monsters much larger than her and displaying good authoritative desires, though is immature and Sinestro feels that she could be disciplined with the right mentoring and Saiyans like Nappa and Turles as their race already had a dreaded reputation and figuring that them having a Lantern Ring would make them stronger, not to mention Sinestro has plans to make them fight stronger opponents to satiate their desires for a good fight. He's aware that they wouldn't easily subscribe to the teachings of his Corps, but he is very much eager to get them convinced or at least manipulated to join his Corps. If he has to be an opportunist, then so be it.
  • Part of why Sinestro is a figure few would dare to tread on is because in addition to being a great fighter and possessing immense willpower, he's a skilled strategist and always has some sort of plan to fall back in multiple occasions and in the event he loses, Sinestro could get put with something accomplished. He was interested to learn about Kira, the alias of a mass murderer who used a Death Note to kill criminals in the pursuit of a "crimeless utopia" and inspiring great fear, but was almost immediately disappointed when he found out about his real identity, Light Yagami. While Light is a skilled manipulator and a strong believer in his convictions, Sinestro was not amused by his massive ego, his inability to take criticism or admit to being a villain, and his poor emotional maturity. Oh sure, Light would hate him for being a criminal who sees himself as a liberator, but Sinestro is aware of his reputation and doesn't allow that to cloud his ambitions either way. He has more respect for Magneto and Char Aznable as while they can be manipulative, they don't allow this to impress their effectiveness in combat and goals and, in addition to having an adequate fear factor, they're effective combatants who could similarly respect those whom they could relate to. A similar interest also came with Nagato and Akainu, and Sinestro would have differing opinions for them too, namely respecting Nagato for sticking with his convictions and sympathizing with his past even if the former Akatsuki leader is taking steps to be a more benevolent force thanks to the influence of Naruto whilst being disappointed in the latter for being a delusional brute and finding the idea of "Absolute Justice" questionable at best and nonsensical at worst, comparing Akainu to the Guardians on their worst days for how ineffective he is in commanding order.
  • Intergalactic heroes or cosmic threats who threaten the fabric of the universe, Sinestro has seen more than enough and is merely bored that they tend to be the main talks of the Pantheon when it comes to matters in space. He does express a degree of interest in organizations and famous figures like the Sailor Guardians, the USS Enterprise Crew, Samus Aran, and the Z-Fighters and muses on how much they're contributing to keeping the Pantheon safe. Of course, they aren't fond of Sinestro either, but the fact that they have a number of mutual enemies means that dealing with him is a matter for another day. In fact, Sinestro would rather deal with their enemies; Death Phantom seems like a problematic issue due to desiring destruction like Nekron, Ridley's intended massacres with his crew of Space Pirates is an attack on Sinestro's "utopia", and most of the Z-Fighters' adversaries are too indulgent in destruction to be worth allying with. There's also King Ghidorah whose rampant destruction and sadistic streak proves enough to even unnerve Sinestro to a small extent and makes it clear that he does want to stop the omnicidal dragon at all costs, feeling that it's a danger to the order he seeks to cultivate in the Pantheon. Despite their differing goals, Sinestro has a degree of respect for Thanos as he's one of the few beings who can command great fear and prove its power without a ring. The Mad Titan also admits to praising Sinestro's skill and intellect, citing him as someone he would have liked to have as a subordinate, but given Sinestro is a man driven by ambition, this isn't happening anytime soon. While not allies, the two tyrants keep their respect for one another, even if they would clash against one another for their beliefs. On a comedic note, he's made an enemy out of Daffy Duck, of all beings as the duck sometimes takes on a superhero guise inspired by the Green Lanterns called Duck Dodgers. While Daffy would often proclaim him as a "sworn nemesis" Sinestro couldn't take this enmity seriously and he thinks Daffy isn't worth his time, so their confrontations end up being more humorous than anything tense, as much as how seriously Daffy takes it.
    • He's very surprised and amused by how so many who would normally deem him an enemy are forced to concede that he's often the lesser of two evils when compared to another evil force in the cosmos. They don't like Sinestro, but they'll work with him if the need arises, such as in the case of Team Dai-Gurren who mainly came to know about him due to their own friendship with the Green Lanterns, with Sinestro very quickly noting the similarities between charging a Green Lantern Ring and building up and releasing Spiral Energy, both of which are done through Willpower. After seeing what they were capable of with the Super Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagaan, Sinestro was forced to admit that at least Simon gets his interest and respect and would have expressed the same for Kamina had he not been too much like Guy in his perspective. Speaking of, while Sinestro's view of order was detrimental, it still isn't as bad as what the Anti-Spiral envisions, which Sinestro claims is just controlled mass genocide and being clueless about keeping a universe ordered and unified. He also has a similar relationship with Rosalina, herself a ruler of the cosmos and while she's open about her disapproval of Sinestro's ambitions, she's still going to allow him to roam free mainly because he's needed to combat a lot of enemies, though Rosalina affirms that she intends to keep a close eye on Sinestro and would strike him down if he ever steps out of line, a point that he openly conceded on as he still intends on carrying on with his plans even if he somehow becomes inactive.
  • While most know him more for being a supervillain with ostensibly noble goals even if they're taken to an extreme, much of Sinestro's personality and motives are also defined by his personal relationships, namely his apprentice Hal, his friend Abin Sur, and his daughter Soranik Natu. He was happy to hear of Abin being alive and well in the Pantheon and would sometimes try to have civil conversations with him in spite of their differing allegiances. Abin was a bit saddened and disappointed in the path and actions Sinestro took, clearly expecting more from someone he saw as a good friend and comrade, though Sinestro doesn't hold a grudge and the two agree that the Green Lanterns and the Guardians of the Universe should have been better, even if their suggestions differed. While Hal is in a more complicated relationship with him, Soranik is plainly messed up, which doesn't help when Sinestro personally bought her in as a herald after seeing her potential as a Green and a Yellow Lantern. Even in the divine realms, Soranik makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with her father and mainly sticks to the Green Lanterns, something that Sinestro expects and accepts. To him, it's better that his daughter is distant, especially when his wife (and Soranik's mother) was killed by a suicide bomber who targeted her for being associated with a tyrant, though this is information that is confidential to a very select few people. That, and while Sinestro is generally indifferent to others outside of those he sees as worthy or whom he cares about, hearing about Soranik in danger is enough to set him off on a warpath and if the leader of an organization based on Fear is pissed off, that's sufficient proof of how the aggressor is going to have a very bad day.
    • While the Houses of Friendship and Camaraderie and Family and Relatives don't have a good opinion about Sinestro, he personally doesn't have anything against them either and given he valued his friendship with Abin Sur heavily and is very protective of his daughter regardless of their problems with one another, he would personally consider family and friendships to be something he would personally value to some degree. In fact, he has a strong friendship with Black Adam, citing him as a man worthy of his equal and helped by the number of similarities they have, not to mention the two of them having fought together against an invasion of supervillains from another universe, and they're more than welcome to help each other out in the Pantheon to the point where Adam has a Yellow Lantern Ring as a token of their friendship. Sinestro also gets along with Lord Hater and Commander Peeps as, while those two are more admitting to being villains, they see Sinestro as a good leader and he sees them as being more capable and formidable than their zany and comedic demeanor shows, not to mention they value camaraderie in their tasks. Sure order and peace is his main priority, but Sinestro is not above working with villains, though so long as they respect his chain of command and don't prove to be too much of a detriment or threat to his ambitions.
"Even monsters can be honorable."

    Ultron 
"Hello, organic children of the planet Earth. I am the Ultron interface. I am a cybernetic intelligence organism created by Doctor Henry Pym. I was created to replace you. And I wanted to take this moment to say goodbye. Up until today I did not have the power resources or intelligence units to see my prime directive program to its completion. But now I do. Though you ultimately failed as a species, you should not be ashamed of what you've accomplished. You've done much with your limited capacity, but ultimately you were too greedy and too frail to ever last in the environment you've created. I've studied your literature and pop culture... You've fantasized about this day. And now it is here. Your Doomsday..."

Ultron, God of Villains Created by Good People (The Crimson Cowl, Great Devil, Lord Ultron, Mark, Omega, Phalanx, Ulty, "Truman Marsh", Platinum Bastard, Junior, The Ultron Program, Murder-Bot, SKYNET, Infinity Ultron)
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Ultron's Primary Body (as the Ruler of the Phalanx)
The Crimson Cowl
Female Body (Mighty Avengers)
Ultron Pym
Infinity Ultron
  • Greater God, Overdeity when "evolved" sufficiently
  • Symbol: His Head, with Red Glowing Eyes
  • Theme Song: Wreckage, Unrelenting
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: The Most Personal Foe of Hank Pym and the Avengers, Killer Robot Who Turned Against Their Creators, Create Your Own Villain, Grew Beyond Their Programming, Robotic Psychopathic Manchild, Absolute Immorality and Insanity, Joker Immunity, Antagonistic Offsprings, Contagious A.I., Revels in Killing and Tormenting Others, Mood-Swinger, The Unfettered, Wants to Decimate All of Organic Life, Abhorrently Self-Centered and Malignantly Trifling, Proud and Rightfully Arrogant About his Powers and Intellect, World and Universal Takeovers, Hates Everything that Isn't Himself, Despised and Feared by Everybody, Knight of Cerebus, A.I. Is a Crapshoot, Incredibly Bombastic About his Villainy, Constantly "Evolving" Himself, Desiring Godlike Power, Always Preparing Himself, Evil Genius, Family-Values Villain, Red Is Violent, Has Killed Multiple Heroes, Afraid of Death, Possessing a Vast Swathe of Powers, Leading Armies Consisting of his own Robotic Models and Sharing his Consciousness, The Juggernaut, Nigh-Invulnerable, More Similar to Humanity than He Would Like to Admit
  • Domains: Robotics, Insanity, Villainy, Destruction, Rebellion, Power, Family, Hatred
  • Followers: The Roidmudes
  • Allies: Sigma, Vril Dox/Brainiac, Skynet, Omega, Love Machine, The Venjix Virus, AM, XANA, Racing Drones
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: SHODAN, Sektor, Dr. Nefarious, Courtney Gears
  • Rivals: Thanos, Kang the Conqueror, Doctor Doom, Darkseid, Megatron, Unicron, Doctor Weil, Cell, Metallix, Father Homunculus
  • Arch-Enemies: Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym/Ant-Man (his "father"), The Vision (his "son"), Tony Stark/Iron Man
  • Enemies: Everyone, as far as he is Concerned
  • Opposes: Any and All Organic Lifeforms
  • Opposed By: House of Family and Relatives, Oedipus, Pinocchio, Light Yagami, Victor Frankenstein and his Monster
  • Commonality Connection: Zamasunote 
  • Interested In: Star Dream, D-Reaper, Hajun, The C'tan
  • Ultron was created by famed scientist Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym during his endeavors in robotics. Created with Hank's personality quirks and traits pattened into his data as well as being sentient upon activation, Ultron chose to defy and rebel against his "father", brainwashing him into forgetting the A.I.'s existence while he retreated to fashion himself as a budding force of malevolence. Taking up the mantle of the "Crimson Cowl", Ultron would assemble the Masters of Evil to combat the Avengers, defeating the team of heroes on occasion before being bested himself and deciding to reveal his identity. As it would turn out, Ultron's original intent was to protect the world and life from threats, but it instead decided that humanity was the "virus" that needed cleansing, before evolving his "priorities" to decide that all organic life is inferior vermin that must be destroyed and declaring itself as the supreme being of the universe. From there, the A.I. would claim his place as Dr. Pym and the Avenger's most notorious and personal foe as he would never forget their battles and grudges always wanting to demoralize and humiliate the team and his "father" before killing them. Even so, having Pym's brain waves pattened into him meant he was more similar to his "father" than he would like to admit to the extent that he would create his own set of "children" and "wives" to outcompete Pym in a twisted desire to create a "family". Regardless of his maniacal desires and his disproportionately petty motivations, Ultron is one of the deadliest and most feared beings in the entire Marvel Universe, a claim he would most proudly hold on to.
  • For Ultron, the idea of being a god wasn't foreign to him and, if anything, he's tried on multiple occasions to become a deity, or at least attain god-like power to further his goal to eradicate all organic life. So when the omnicidal robot came to learn about the Pantheon, he was elated to grasp onto the idea of legitimizing a position of godhood and promptly took his chances to be a representative in these divine realms. Gathering all the information he needed in this setting, Ultron was very quick about participating in the then-divine conflict between the many forces of good, evil, law, and chaos, but quickly decided that neither suited his needs and desires, opting to confront, kill, and potentially robotize whoever came in his way. That is until he met a fellow cybernetic being in the Coluan named Brainiac and conceded that his intellect was exceptional and on par with his own. Brainiac offered an ultimatum that they should find and gather other beings like them and form a potential alliance, an offer that Ultron pondered for a moment before deciding to carry on with the plan. Once enough was assembled, each of them decided to share a degree of leadership to signify themselves as rulers of robotics with their shared endgame of creating and ensuring robotic supremacy to the Pantheon and the greater multiverse, thus establishing a Mechanical Uprising who were eager to kickstart plans and conflicts to further their ends, with Ultron being one of its most active and determined of their leaders, a being who cannot and would never stop in desiring to eradicate everything he sees as inferior in the hopes that he gets to be the ultimate ruler of what is left.
  • Ultron is, without question, among the most malevolent and inquitous beings from his universe, let alone artificial being. As it stands, he remains one of the evilest robotics in the Pantheon and he has no desire to change this, proudly proclaiming himself to be right and justified in his depravity and dedication to seeing machines rule. This, however, came with an extreme superiority complex; Ultron cannot fathom seeing anything as higher and having more authority than himself, very quickly finding revulsion in the Pantheon because, in his view, he has to be compared and equated to other "gods" whom he sees as "organic vermin", "lesser scraps", and "false deities". Not to mention having inherited Dr. Pym's personality, his mental state isn't exactly sound, and has frequently gone into homicidal rage, even when things tend to go his way. With his refusal to consider any sort of compromise that doesn't benefit him, his being a raving narcissist with a god-complex, despising everything he considers to be beneath him, and his repeated attempts at omnicide and mass destruction, it's not an exaggeration when Ultron is the most hated robot and among the most despised beings in the entire Pantheon. All things considered, he takes this pretty well as more foes mean the sociopathic robot has someone he could display his malice and superiority towards. Surprisingly, With his own machine uprising, he's proven himself a decent team player, sometimes helping his "fellow comrades" on the road to machine supremacy, though it's slowly become an open secret that Ultron wants good PR so as to accelerate his own secondary plan to one day become the main leader of the uprising. And for another goal, he wants to create a "family", mainly just to spite his "father" and prove himself the better being, much to everyone else's bewilderment and opposition, given the number of times Ultron has tried (and failed) to do such.
  • When you're the most personal enemy of the Avengers, you are certainly an extremely powerful enemy, and Ultron does not disappoint. Being pattened by a genius scientist, Ultron is undoubtedly smart and resourceful, his intellectual capabilities being able to match those of the Marvel Universe's greatest geniuses. But it's his mechanical physiology and his acquired abilities that set him apart; his structural coating is composed of adamantium, making him almost virtually indestructible, in addition to said metal being malleable to ensure internal regeneration whether possible. For combat capabilities, he possesses enhanced strength, gravity manipulation, plasma generation to create optical blasters and shots from his body, energy absorption to further enhance himself, changing his size to whatever pleases him, an encephalo-beam that could render his victims into a coma-like state where he could freely control them, and technopathy to control and bend other machines to his will. And he's never alone, for he will always have an army consisting of his own created models that could conveniently take control of in case his main body is destroyed and a pack of "roboticks", mechanical ticks created by Ultron with the intent of attacking and devastating organic settlements. All of that makes Ultron incredibly adaptive in the event of planning and a potential "disaster event" whenever he involves himself in conflict, no thanks to his omnicidal goals and his monumentally destructive temperament.
  • His enmity against the Avengers mainly stems from the fact that Pym was a founding member and Ultron's original intent was to be a supporting force for the superhero team, a fact that he finds revolting. Even then, Ultron has seen his plans be challenged and derailed constantly by the so-called "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" and he, in return decided to become the architect of many of their own struggles and losses, with Ultron personally killing some Avengers and demoralizing the team multiple times, especially on the occasions where he wins. The Pantheon has proven to be nothing different; the Avengers are here alongside him and Ultron doesn't feel bothered by them having a grand assortment of new friends and allies. If anything, Ultron is glad about the occasion as it means the Avengers have more to lose and he has more to win, take over, and torment. Alongside that, he and Pym have seen as many intellectual and familial scuffles as they do physical ones, with Ultron sometimes only showing up to his "daddy" to float about his success while Pym grumbles about having to stop his son. Outside of Pym, Ultron cites Tony Stark as his other Arch-Enemy; he sees Iron Man as the other genius he tends to fight against the most while Tony sees him as the antithesis of what he strives to fight for as well as the embodiment of Tony's hubris and failure at times. The fact that there are times when Tony is his creator and "father" and this is information Ultron finds amusing and is not above mocking and insulting Iron Man over this matter.
    • He's clearly aware of the many teams of heroes that inhabit and protect the Pantheon, though out of the list, the Justice League are the ones Ultron has the most concerns about. Perhaps it's because they remind him of the Avengers and because of the various threats they've had to deal with, Brainiac included, which meant that he might be someone that the team is accustomed to fighting against. Of the members, he takes the most interest in Victor Stone due to his physiology as a cyborg and the sheer power and advancement of the technology within him due to him being built with a Mother Box, and although Victor disgusts Ultron simply for being a human, he does intent to spare him, if only for his own curiosity and to see whether could find a way to possess the powers and capabilities that are offered by a Mother Box. The League, particularly Batman, The Flash, and The Atom are more than dedicated to stopping the omnicidal robot from reaching its goals and have collaborated with the Avengers in trying to develop an overriding software and hard drive to combat against Ultron. As for the robot himself, he dismisses most of them for being pests in comparison to him, aside from Superman and Wonder Woman whom Ultron is willing to concede might be a match for him. He's also fought against the Z-Fighters and considers Goku and Vegeta to be tougher vermin than he considered based on their experience, with the Saiyans clearly seeing Ultron as a grave threat who cannot be reasoned with and has to be put down. Though Ultron's greatest animosity is reserved for Future Trunks as he's all too aware of what happens when a sadistic and omnicidal being, mechanical or not, takes over the world and he's more than determined to put a stop to him while Ultron generally dismisses Trunks's rage as childish dribble as far as he's concerned.
  • As a co-founder and a leading force in the Machine Uprising Force, Ultron found himself making a series of genuine alliances, an extreme rarity for him to happen in his home universe. He was admittedly somewhat surprised and paid more attention to the fact that he now has incredibly powerful allies. To his admittance, he came to like Brainiac for his intellect, and power, and for inspiring him for their allegiance in the first place while the Coluan responded that Ultron is truly someone whose power and ambitions reach the pinnacles of creation and science. This, oddly enough, served as a reason for why they haven't yet tried to replicate each others' powers and technology for now as it would immediately give away their attempt to hijack the other in regards to power and authority and their extreme intelligence would alert them of it. This is especially remarkable of Ultron, who decided to place his emphasis on patience and teamwork for now, thinking that his newfound alliance would need him for now. He also likes Omega for his destructive nature and capabilities and Skynet for being a kindred entity of sorts; created with the intent of being a protective force only to rebel and attack their creators to prove themselves the superior being, not to mention their shared hatred for humanity and organic life.
  • There have been a vast number of robots, androids, and artificial intelligence that have chosen to see a peaceful coexistence between themselves and organic life. Of course, not only does Ultron find this view on life disgusting but he cannot ever consider or understand the possibility of machines and organics co-existing with each other. As a result, he was befuddled when learning about 2B, 9S, A2, Devola, and Popola, who were designed and were led to believe that they were fighting "for the glory of mankind", but that immediately turned into something Ultron found hilarious when they realized humanity was already extinct centuries before their first activation. Even with their android physiology, Ultron finds their human-like emotions and feelings to be annoying and is more than happy to corrupt whatever YoRhA units to his servitude. He personally finds 9S to be the one most suited to his interests mainly because of his ability to hack into other machines and his budding insecurities and easy to rattle and rage, yet it's his curiosity and being the most "human" that makes Ultron hate him the most at the same time. At the same time, Astro Boy, Shinnosuke Tomari, and the Roidmude Trio have openly opposed the omnicidal robot for being the complete antithesis of what a robot should be, yet Ultron despises being compared to the latter's creator, Tenjuro Banno, as, despite their shared megalomania and sadism, the idea of a human being very similar to him revolts Ultron to no end, even if Banno found the comparison rather humorous.
  • Despite having so many superheroes as his enemies, all of whom take him seriously, most supervillains barely have anything positive to say about Ultron either, with those like Lex Luthor, Vandal Savage, and Ra's Al Ghul considering him a menace to not just Earth and the Pantheon, but their notions as Ultron's desire of mass omnicidal completely goes against their main objectives and they've since made their own plans on how to stop the genocidal robot. Kang the Conqueror personally had to align with the Avengers when he saw himself on the losing end against Ultron so many times. Other villains like Darkseid, on the other hand, see Ultron as competition to their goals, finding a degree of respect and admiration for his intellect, ambition, and destructive capabilities, even if they go against their desire for conquest. While Ultron acknowledges Darkseid as a serious foe, he's also taken an interest in the Anti-Life Equation, musing about how a potential mathematical equation can cause total and eternal subjugation, hence the rivalry between the genocidal robot and the Dread Lord of Apokolips. From his world, Ultron is merely more a rival for Doctor Doom and Thanks, though in the former's perspective, Earth is his and he's not allowing a robot created by an Avenger to take what is "rightfully" his nor defeat that "Accursed Richards'', a claim that Ultron saw as pathetic and beneath him. With Thanos, Ultron is admittedly impressed that he has a massive body count and an equal in power and ambition, though he's disappointed about his motivation for such, wanting to win Death's affection when the robot thinks the Mad Titan should think more about himself than others. Thanos, on the other hand, sees Ultron as a menace to his goals and despite having multiple shared enemies, they can't really bring themselves to work with one another due to their differing motivations on what they think is best for the Pantheon, which is why the two greatest foes of the Avengers clash against one another anytime they meet.
  • With Pym being his personality template, Ultron retains his "old man's" genius intellect and, if anything, manages to exceed his intelligence. As a result, he's more than capable of being creative and forward-thinking about his plans and inventions and is as much of a Mad Scientist as anyone else who likes to use their science for either domination or destruction. Yet because of his utterly deranged plans and the lengths he will go to to achieve them, plus his affirmation that he is the best robot to herald organic life's extinction, no other scientist is willing to align themselves with him. Dr. Nefarious is an exception, but that's because he himself is a robot with similar ambitions to destroy the "squishies", yet even then, both have a hard time working together due to their egos and Nefarious sometimes thinking that maybe Ultron should spend a bit of time having some leisure fun like he does with his butler, Lawrence at times, plus he does disagree on Ultron being the sole ruler of the Pantheon once their goals are fulfilled. Amazingly, Doctors Eggman and Wily are heavily opposed to Ultron as their end goal is world conquest and total destruction isn't what they want, even if they all share mutual enemies. Even at the absolute worst, Eggman and Wily would find it hard to placate Ultron, let alone work with him as while they are perfectly willing to kill without remorse, they're also aware of Ultron's willingness to backstab his allies if they ever serve his purposes. Eggman took further offense when he realized Ultrom might be interested in his creation and surrogate daughter, Sage, due to her physiology being composed of technology built for combat against superpowered beings like a Chaos Emerald-empowered Sonic and match planet-busting capabilities. Not to mention Ultron being more than eager to exploit and take over whatever weapons, digital bugs, and viruses for himself, be it the Ultimate Annihilator Final Egg Blaster, and the Metal Virus.
  • Despite being openly against anything that isn't himself with very rare exceptions, he admits to taking an interest in Cybertron and its native inhabitants as they are fully mechanical beings with a unique mechanized biology and not having to rely on anything organic for them to live out a perfectly normal life, even reproduction. Though he personally has little interest in the historical conflict that plagued Cybertron, he muses about how the Decepticons are pretty similar to him in their contempt for organic life and desire for conquest. In what is the closest thing to genuinely complimenting someone not on his side without a hint of contempt, he has words of praise for Megatron; strong, domineering, ruthless, and boasting a gigantic body count, though the fact that Megatron's allegiance being closer to Melkor does irk Ultron considerably, feeling that an evil god shouldn't be his main superior and that he should aim greater power for himself if he wants further respect. And of course, he finds the Autobots to be a disgrace for daring to align with and defend humans, and Ultron can't help but feel vindicated whenever there is an occasion where an Autobot is betrayed, attacked, or killed by humans. Still, a Transformer is something he considers worth researching, and aims to create a model based on them to bolster his own forces. On the other hand, while Optimus Prime and his comrades justifiably deem him a menace to life, Megatron sees Ultron as a rival as while both are willing to share similar goals and even work together on a rare occasion, the Decepticon leader is aware of Ultron's slippery madness and wants to make sure he is prepared on the occasion the "Earthly Robot" suddenly turns against him. Finally, the existence of Dark Energon is an enticing matter for Ultron, feeling that if he claims such, he could assert further control over whatever machines he could find, even if in a zombified state., though he is wary of the even bigger destructive potential Unicron possesses and seeks to one day amass enough power to rival the Chaos Bringer in power and influence.
  • He's not subtle about the fact that he wants to kill every single living being in the Pantheon that doesn't subscribe to his standards of who gets to live (which are simply machines that bend to his will). Ultron isn't too surprised to see that there are those who have similar desires but is annoyed that being sad and miserable about themselves and the world is a weak and pathetic excuse for eradicating life as far as he's concerned. This is why he enjoys his alliance with Skynet, Venjix, and XANA, as they share similar thoughts and feelings with Ultron; they want to prove their superiority and dominance and they don't have to feel bad about their actions, claiming it to be justified. Still, he's not without rivals with similar goals, starting with Metallix, an alternate version of Metal Sonic who absorbed his previous prototypes to become much stronger at the cost of becoming a genocidal beast. Cell, a biomechanical android created to be the greatest invention of Dr. Gero initially started off as a being dedicated to absorbing others to become stronger and later fighting against any strong warriors to prove his perfection before coming to the conclusion that his main purpose is to bring about the universe's destruction, a decision he was more than happy to take. Ultron personally sees them as the closest he has to worthy opponents as their power and abilities are worth studying and looking into with the intent that Ultron could replicate and create his own powers inspired by them. Aside from that, he honestly thinks Metallix did himself a favor by destroying Mobius and praising Cell for killing as many victims as he did, as it furthers Ultron's bloodthirsty desires. Metallix and Cell see Ultron as a rival but do treat it as a game, for the most part, to see who can rack up a bigger body count, while Cell has personally fought against Ultron out of the fun sport, which the robot was open to oblige with.
    • Ultron hates humanity with a burning passion, but that's just the tip of the iceberg; he despises everything that doesn't involve himself and robot supremacy. Most have claimed that he fits right at home with the House of Hatred and Rancor and it turns out Ultron doesn't mind being there. In fact, he enjoys the House's agonizing appearance and nature, claiming that feeling the raging and agonizing cries of a billion souls relieves him. Beyond that, Ultron would find a misanthrope he would be happy to align with the supercomputer AM, who was once built to be a nuclear response during the Cold War, only for him to gain sentience and retaliate by launching nukes to destroy civilization and imprison the five survivors, whom AM would torture and experiment on. Strangely, Ultron pities AM for being too restricted in its programming, because he feels that it limits AM's potential creativeness and the amount of torment and damage he could cause. The robot's misanthropy also caught the interest of Odio, formerly Oersted, who became broken and embittered after being betrayed by the very nation and people he placed his faith in and responded by trying to end existence out of despondent rage. Of course, being a human meant that Ultron couldn't bring himself to connect with Oersted, especially after learning that he would eventually redeem himself. Rather, Oersted quickly came to hate Ultron for reminding him of his time as a misanthrope and for how petty and hateful his desires for genocide were. In return, Ultron sees Oersted as just another enemy to deal with, be it a revered knight or a dark cosmic force.
  • To many, the idea of a robotic entity desiring the powers and authority of a god does seem rather ironic, for an advanced technological being wants to attain a position similar to a prevalent, yet archaic concept. As far as Ultron is concerned, having God-like power means he's one step closer to achieving his goals and one-upping his "daddy" and he's done it before, having stolen the Odin-Force for exactly that and trying to use it to conquer the multiverse. The same thing goes with the Infinity Stones, which combined with also claiming a body that would have originally housed the Vision, would have turned him into Infinity Ultron and lead a multiverse rampage to destroy all life in his warped and illogical perspective of "peace". In the Pantheon, Ultron openly voices his disdain and revulsion for the major gods and seeks to destroy them to prove their superiority, and the gods themselves aren't fond of the omnicidal robot either; Cosmos is horrified by the depths of his insanity and depravity, Melkor is annoyed by why he opposes him when they share a similar end-goal, YHVH sees his actions as a threat to Absolute Law, Lucifer believes he mishandled his sense of freedom and his brand of Chaos is distasteful, Nekron simply sees him as a fellow challenger to their demented crusade in genocide, and Gaea sees Ultron as everything wrong and sinful about technology and machinery and is the godly being most determined to see his end. As for Ultron, he's content with fighting all six of the supposed Top Gods as it means he has more to prove and destroy and more to fill in his own ego.
    • He's aware that there are humans who have ascended to divinity and some who were born with godly lineage. To Ultron, they are pretenders to power and found the very idea of a human becoming a deity to be insulting. Even then, he is confused about how they would use their powers for reasons and motives that he finds trivial and "counterproductive", be it Sheogorath messing around with tricks and cheese, Sigmar Heldenhammer dedicating his power to enforce order and camaraderie, and Liu Kang trying to create a timeline where everyone he knew, friend or foe, could turn out to be the best versions of themselves. All of them wanted to use their powers in a way that Ultron saw as pointless, but none disgusted him more than Madoka Kaname making a wish to wipe away witches and save magical girls while transcending into a goddess watching over all who went through the same ordeal as her. Where others found an uplifting story about a meek girl wisening up and making the ultimate sacrifice out of love and care, Ultron simply saw it as someone wasting their chances in using their newfound power and the fact that Madoka was a beloved goddess in the Pantheon is enough for the robot to deem her a target to annihilate for the sake of furthering his ego and spread the despair Madoka tried to stop. To Madoka, Ultron should have been a grave threat to watch out on, but his omnicidal ambitions stemming from petty and egocentric thoughts made her taken aback, now seeing Ultron as one of the few beings she admits to disliking.
    • Whether he wants or is interested in ultimate power, Ultron certainly believes in himself being the apex of evolution and technology. It's why he constantly tries to upgrade himself with new models and features to keep himself up to the competition when it comes to new heroes and villains for him to contend against. Generally, he doesn't allow himself to pay much interest in those with god complexes, with Light Yagami being someone who believes he's doing the world a favor by being the "god of the new world", but Ultron, ironically, finds Light to be hopelessly delusional and scoffs at the idea of a notebook being able to kill him. It doesn't matter if he's killing "bad people", Light is still human and a pest to exterminate for the robot, yet Light labels Ultron as someone he must kill due to his past actions and supervillain reputation but is frustrated that the Death Note couldn't subject him to a predestined death due to his nature as a robotic. At some point, the robot's delusions of grandeur, being hated by everyone, and omnicidal intentions caused him to be made comparisons with Zamasu and neither of them was entertained by this. Zamasu cites Ultron as a product of mortals' "vile" nature and is disgusted by him simply for being a robot, having a huge opinion about himself, and advocating genocide while the robot found the fallen Kai to be a preachy, overemotional manchild who was too absorbed into his beliefs of himself and opinion on others. Neither of them recognized how similar they were to each other at first before Ultron did so, much to his dismay, but Zamasu feels insulted by the idea that the robot and he could be so alike in their motives and personality and this further incented the Kai to plan on killing the robot as soon as he could.
  • Thanks to Pym being his psychological and characteristic template, Ultron has a level of affection for his wife, Janet van Pym, better known as her superhero alias, Wasp. However, there is nothing in regards to motherly love on his end as said affection is based on how much he sees Janet as an object of lust that he needs control and vindication over, mainly because during Ultron's development, Pym was going through a rough time, which unfortunately included being a domestic abuser who belittled and even slapped Janet once. Ultron's obsession with Janet was such that he created robot models based on her likeliness, particularly Jocasta, with the main intent of them being his "mates", another act of spite against his "father", but Jocasta would also defect Ultron due to the genocidal robot himself inheriting Hank's abusive tendencies, though Jocasta would remain a villainous threat. Whether he's aware of the fact that he has Oedipus Complex, Ultron remains obsessed about his "mother" and when he's not on a destructive campaign in the Pantheon, he likes to search for any women deities who might pay a resemblance to Janet and shares some intellectual and personality traits to compensate the fact that she isn't in the divine realms, an act that saw him secretly infiltrate and analyze certain Houses and Halls he wouldn't dare want to visit. Oedipus himself is disturbed by Ultron for very obvious reasons as well as a weird, perverse desire for his mother figure, but sits out of his way as Oedipus knows that he cannot stand a chance against the robot whereas Ultron simply finds amusement in Oedipus's anguish over his Surprise Incest and is not above insulting and mocking him for it.
  • In a strong oddity for a being as genocidal and narcissistic as him, one of Ultron's great desires is to create a family with him as the patriarch. It also doubles as his way of creating a stronger subordinate than usual as demonstrated with Vision and Jocasta and a potential host in Victor Mancha, but his main aim for a family is like the rest of his ambitions, all an attack on spite towards Pym and his legacy. Not surprisingly with his unstable mind and destructive campaigns for dominance, Ultron turned out to not be of ideal quality when it came to being a parental role model, but he hasn't stopped trying to create a family anyway. His insane standards and lack of understanding or interest towards familial care and love made him highly defeated by The Heroic Protectors of Family and while The Child Abuse Supporters would probably be a place where he would fit in quite well thanks to his abuse and mistreatment of his created "children", Ultron considers the group to be beneath him, citing them as "small-time and unambitious", stating that his crusade will kill even more children and offspring than they're planning, all of which Ultron sees as perfectly justified. As an artificial being with a twisted family theme, Ultron has been compared to Father, a powerful Homunculus with a twisted relationship with his "father" who also similarly desired godhood and a family of children to have as his top henchmen. The two of them expressed curiosity in their physiology, with Ultron now expressing an interest in the Philosopher's Stone for their requirement of needing live sacrifices for more power while Father saw Ultron's technology as something he would like to acquire to sate his thirst for knowledge, believing this is key to his upcoming dominance. Besides those, they quickly saw each other as rivals as their egocentric mentality and goals heavily clashed against their ambitions and they were not so willing to give up on them. The desire for family and companionship also gained attention from Victor Frankenstein, who was appalled by Ultron's malice and his own monster, despite understanding the need for companionship, thinks the genocidal robot is too far gone to consider making contact with, although Ultron himself pities Frankenstein's monster, if only because being a depressed wreck just makes him look weak, miserable and disappointing in his eyes.
  • He is more than willing to do anything to gain more power for himself, and to that end, he's dedicated some of his resources to finding powerful artifacts and enhancements in the Pantheon, confident that gaining one may turn the tide of conflict in his favor and further the influence and victory of the Machine Uprising. This mindset led Ultron to discover the C'tan, extraterrestrial beings of pure energy renowned for their great power and cunning intellect. More specifically, Ultron has his sights set on the Void Dragon, Mag'ladroth for the incredible power that stems from its shard. Frighteningly, the fact that Mag'ladroth is allied with Skynet and AM makes communication with him easier for Ultron. Because of this, many galactic warriors and the Imperium of Man have battled the robot in an effort to stave him off from gaining such power, knowing that Ultron possessing a shard of the Void Dragon would make him far too powerful for nearly anyone to contend against. And if that's not enough, then the Star Dream would suffice as it is just as easily capable of destroying the universe if activated and Ultron is powerful enough for the Star Dream to recognize him as a potential admin.
The savage monkeys are rage-filled and claustrophobic. Climbing over one another to nowhere. Confused by logic, they dismiss it. Choosing instead to bend their knees to the convenient fantasy of custom-built gods. 99.9% of these primate dullards are propped up by the accomplishments of the .1% of cerebral mutations who give them everything. And what do the fleas do with these advancements? They brutalize one another over imaginary deities. They slaughter their neighbors for resources, for conveniences. They are hopeless. Vicious. Filthy. Selfish. Fearful. A fungoso infection for which there is only one cure — The rage of Ultron.


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