Trope Pantheons Discussion

Repost.

Persona Purge, Part 5

Still in progress, but we're getting there.

Recap

• The TV World is not coming back.
• Purge the Pantheonic Personas of all non-canon Persona-users.
• Remove the Metaverse in all capacities to avoid temptation to do a 2.0 of this mess. This includes it being Yaldabaoth's domain.
• I'm not touching the Phantom Thieves profile in case of any rework that will include Violet, Sophie, and Wolf.

I'd like to ask for a TV World-esque location that is in the Pantheon (that is not the TV World, of course), at least in regards to being able to see visions that deconstruct a character or give dark warnings, like that cavern in Dagobah that Luke Skywalker went to.

Worry not, it's just for one interaction (namely to substitute Ryotaro Dojima's Shadow confrontation as his relationship with Tohru Adachi is put into question) and no more.

No, I don't think Cthulhu Mythos Nyarlathotep would work.

@Alecoene: And I doubt that Nyarlathotep would do either. He would NOT help for any reason. Give me something like that cave scene in The Empire Strikes Back where Luke fights a phantom of Darth Vader, only to see his own face behind that mask. Next idea, pls.

I deleted John Wick's profile in Villainous Archetypes as he has a spot in Alignment Changes where he truly belongs.

Also, I am done, I think, past a few approvals and additional suggestions

The Children of Dark^members Nashandra, Elana, Nadalia, Alsanna, Karla, Unholy Beings Born From A Soul (Nashandra: Queen of Drangleic | Elana: Squalid Queen | Nadalia: Bride of Ash | Alsanna: Silent Oracle | Karla: the Witch or [possibly] the Spurned)

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• Leitmotifs: Nashandra (for Nashandra), Elana, Squalid Queen (for Elana)
• Intermediate Goddesses
• Symbols: The Dark Soul surrounded by The Abyss, Dark Sorcery, Rot, Ash and Ice (shared with Manus)
• Alignments: Neutral Evil for Nashandra, Elana (also leans towards Chaotic Evil due to her wrath) and Nadalia. Alsanna and Karla leans towards Neutral Good.
• Portfolio: Fragments of Manus, which makes them affiliated to the Abyss, most are humanoids, beings that were meant to corrupt other kingdoms, two of the Children disbanded their connection to the Abyss
  • Nashandra: The Queen of Drangleic who is responsible for the kingdom's horrific state, controlled everyone, including King Vendrick and the Bearer of the Curse, wears white clothing white clothing but is actually sinister, her true form resembles a grim reaper appearance, wants the Throne of Want to return back to her original form as Manus
  • Elana: An evil sorceress who desires revenge from being separated from her original being, powered by the Abyss and related spells, heavy emphasis on magic and minion summoning, extremely dirty including her power to use sludge hence "Squalid" Queen
  • Nadalia: The only fragment not directly fought or seen, possesses armour to defend her "kingdom", sacrificed her physical form to control most of what is left of the land and has gone insane from it, finds the king and his servants gone and scattered her souls as a result, the fair lady to the Fume Knight
  • Alsanna: A Child of Dark that turned away from her goal after finding love from the Ivory King, welcomed despite her "heritage", the lighter and less evil side to Nashandra, has the ability of telepathy and cryokinesis despite being the weakest Child of Dark
  • Karla: A Child of Dark that survived for years, relatively nice towards the Ashen One and teaches Abyss sorceries and pyromancies, specializes in miracles, pyromancies and sorceries, wears the standard sorcerer attire, possibly Zullie the Witch
• Domains: Souls, Abominations (for some), Royalty, Love (of both the twisted and genuine kind), the Abyss
• Heralds: The remnants of Drangleic, minus Velstadt (Nashandra), Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon (Elana), Raime, the Fume Knight (Nadalia), the Burnt Ivory King and his loyal Loyce Knights (Alsanna)
• Origin to: Manus, Father of the Abyss
• Allies:
  • Nashandra, Elana and Nadalia: King Allant, Nosferatu Zodd and the Godhand, Morathi, Saira and Kaira (in general), Lady Macbeth (for Nashandra), Hexxus, Hedorah (for Elana), Emperor Ganishka, Smoke, Lord Voldemort, Xehanort (for Nadalia)
  • Alsanna and Karla: The Bearer of the Curse and the Ashen One, Queen Elsa (for Alsanna)
• Source of Interest: Slave Knight Gael (for Nashandra), Gogmazios (for Elana)
• Possible Mentor to: Atsuko Kagari (for Karla)
• Welcomed to: The Houses of Vengeance (for Elana) and Magic (for Karla)
• Enemies:
  • Those who reside within Drangleic and beyond: The Bearer of the Curse (and possibly including the Slayer of Demons, Chosen Undead and Ashen One), Lord Aldia (especially towards Nashandra), Lord Gwyn, the Soul of Cinder, the Abyss Watchers, Artorias the Abysswalker
  • Others: Guts and his allies, the Puella Magi, Merlin, Delsin Rowe (for Nadalia)
  • For Alsanna and Karla, their allies and enemies are the other way around.
• Banned from: The House of Royalty and Love (minus Alsanna)
• For years following Oolacile's destruction at the hands of the Abyss, many wondered what happened that lead to the city's downfall. The most reliable information came from a merchant that bespoke the town's destruction through upturning the grave of Manus, Father of the Abyss. Manus was defeated by a certain Chosen Undead that went back through time to witness the corruption that had occured within the city. As time has gone by, new kingdoms would emerge but they too would suffer the Undead Curse, which has become a key conflict towards the kings that ruled at the time and such was the case with Drangleic where a king and his beloved queen would not only fight against this newfound curse, but a fragment of the being that once represented the Abyss.
  • King Vendrick was the king when Drangleic was being built, under the roots of the four Lord Souls and with it a powerful Throne of Want. His kingship would give way to his success as a king but as soon as it was all going well, a wanderer from a far-away land told him of an oncoming war with the looming threat of the giants. Worried that his kingdom would be destroyed from such menace, he stormed their land first and gained an unprecedented amount of soul manipulation. His kingdom would be saved and took the stranger, a woman by the name of Nashandra as his queen, but it would not last, as the Giants took revenge and his kingdom, while saved by an unknown hero, was shattered. Worse, the Undead Curse struck Drangleic and soon, he and Aldia would do whatever it takes to undo it, but came with the realization of two things, his brother's grim research that made him near inhumane and that his queen, the one who "saved" his kingdom has been tricking him all along. With his forced exile and the Throne of Want at guard, the queen was at helm of the now-rotting kingdom, Nashandra, who was revealed to be a Child of Dark, the remnant soul of Manus, Father of the Abyss.
  • It turns out that Drangleic was not the only victim to the Children of Dark's entrance. Shulva, the once home of the Sunken King was home to another Child of Dark, Elana, who was the later wife of the king. When the city was besieged, her king was slain and left her in a wrathful state, now with her conjuring as much souls as she can to avenge her king (whether she loved him or manipulated him is still in question) using a Slumbering Dragon. Then there was Brume Tower, home to Nadalia, the Bride of Ash. She went to the tower to look for the Old Iron King but found that the king was not there, but slain and his kingdom in tatters. Distraught with this, she transformed from her physical state into a swirling mass of black fog, controlling the armor remaining in the tower and all the deceased soldiers in the tower, creating a kingdom of her own as well as seducing the Drangleic exile known as Raime. Lastly was Eleum Loyce, where the Ivory King resided and where a Child of Dark, Alsanna, the Silent Oracle, arrived. Instead of her ruining the land like her sisters, she was redeemed through love from the Ivory King, until the Old Chaos arrived and the Ivory King was forced to stop it but inevitably fail, leading to Alsanna holding the castle in silent vigilance. There was also another Child of Dark but resented her heritage, Karla, the Witch, who survived for many years past Drangleic and into the kingdom of Lothric where she was stranded until an Ashen One would rescue her and teach him various sorceries. These sisters, would be the Children of Dark, fragments of the Father of the Abyss.
• There are various children in the Pantheon that have been ostracized or treated with danger but very few come close to the Children of Dark, as collectively claimed. These people, born from a shred of the monstrous Abyss, have grown notoriety by their heritage alone alongside the mission to spread the Dark in the furthest lands, by wooing rulers of kingdoms and tricking them into their control. One nearly succeeded while the rest were either stranded in their kingdoms, or forsaken their purpose. Their powers range from the usage of dark sorceries, to even manipulation of fog and mud, making the Children far more capable than they would seem at a first glance. If it had not been for one Bearer of the Curse to stop them, the remaining lands would have been swallowed by the Abyss even quicker.
• Manus' presence in the Pantheon was a problem for many deities as the Father of the Abyss was known to have his soul fragmented to various beings following his death so security to him was very high, until the House of Royalty would discover a dark sludge in one of its uncleaned corners. The cleanup crew that were tasked to fix it were not seen until a few days when a castle was spotted in the midst, identifying it as Drangleic. From there, the greater beings of the House called upon the Bearer of the Curse to explore the kingdom and the surrounding lands, of which a dark child awaited his return.
  • From there, the former residents and knights of the kingdom attacked the Bearer but were slain with ease and would soon stumble upon a barren area known as the Throne of Want. A creature of dark would appear behind him, claiming to join with her in the dark. The two fought and defeated the being, but not until the Pantheon's security soon received reports of other kingdoms spotted nearby, that being Shulva, Brume Tower and Eleum Loyce. He was suddenly teleported by a woman clad in white on the latter, telling him the implication of the entire thing. It was at this moment that the Bearer of the Curse realized that Manus' 'children' have arrived.
• If there was ever a group that was hated nearly more than Manus in terms of the terrors the Abyss has brought upon various lands, they would most certainly be the case. The Bearer of the Curse was not alone in this regard, as Lord Aldia has spoken his displeased attitude following their arrival. Him and the Children of Dark, more specifically Nashandra, have had a history together though he knew her true nature when she was disguised as the Queen of Drangleic and left to his own work when he knew his brother, King Vendrick was stubborn not to heed his warnings towards her. But he is not alone, as even the Lord of Cinder himself, Lord Gwyn was notified of her arrival following the House of Royalty's sudden shakeup. With the news, he brought himself, his army of Black Knights and his own avatar, the Soul of Cinder to siege their kingdoms and if possible, kill them too. Even his trusted knight, Knight Artorias and fellow Lords of Cinder, the Abyss Watchers have sided with the King to eradicate any of their traces at all cost.
  • While it may be true that the Children are powered by the Abyss, there are some certain complications. Nashandra, Elana and Nadalia are considered evil due to their modus operandi of spreading the Abyss, but others like Alsanna were redeemed by the love of the Ivory King, and Karla has expressed disgust of her origin. In the eyes of Gwyn however, they are linked to the Abyss and whether they like it or not, they will be dealt the same way as their sisters, despite protests from other deities including the Bearer of the Curse and Ashen One, who have testimonies of their innocence.
  • Their links to the Abyss proved to be an asset for people who despised Gwyn's rule which is something King Allant really wants. In addition, while the king of Boletaria is busy plotting an idea merging the efforts of the Fog, Pontiff Sulyvahn's the Deep and a portion of the Children's powers, the Godhand have taken a liking to the Children, as if their interest towards Manus was not bad enough. Zodd was the first to present the news to the others and after evaluating their history, they have deemed them worthy of inviting. That brought with it a cost however, as Guts was not willing to let the Godhand have another group of evils to join them, thankfully he was not alone as both Alsanna and Karla have both agreed to join on Guts' side, which lead to Allant ranting at their presence, even comparing them to the Maiden in Black.
  • Past Manus, the Puella Magi have more deities to avoid in the fear of their corruption quickening their transformation to witches. Although in fairness, the Abyss has nothing to do with it but rather the nature of the Magical Girl system Kyubey designed, it only makes the inevitable closer to them. Homura has taken the initiative to get rid of the Children while the others are placed to more secure locations to avoid their soul gems to making contact. Merlin has also taken precautions to their powers since most of their magic are curses, necromancy and more unusual cases. He will gather more magicians to drive them away, but this is nothing but a setback for most of them, especially if Nashandra gets a hold of a certain soul.
• Other deities have taken note of their descriptions but Morathi has taken a specific liking to many of them, due to many various similarities, such as being dark-ridden ladies and in Nashandra's case, good manipulators of their thrones. Out of all the children, she enjoys the company of Elana more, if not for her vengeful attitude and magic affinity, Nadalia has been avoided for her due to her whispers even reminding her of Slaanesh's allure and has ignored the presence of the other two. Saira and Kaira have also studies a portion of their kingdoms but have been found in Nadalia's realm, seeing how the Child managed to use her own soul to create a massive fog that can control anything around it, including luring other living beings to her control.
• The Children have been banned on various Houses but especially on two specific ones: the Houses of Royalty and Love. The former has spoken how the Children's main objectives clash against the neighbors of the subhouse, hearing the stories that befell all the cities they have ruled, especially Nashandra, on the other hand, the latter sees their form of love to be very dangerous. Some are split however as Nashandra and Nadalia's efforts were mostly evil in some way (especially on Nadalia's creepy attempts on doing so), and Elana's love for the Sunken King is very dubious to whether she actually adored her king or not. The only exception to this is Alsanna who seems to be the only one who was redeemed by love thanks to a caring king.
• In the kingdrom of Drangleic is Queen Nashandra, once a fair maiden who helped saved King Vendrick from the dangers of the giants by warning of their threat to his kingdom. She was then promoted to the queen of the land, until the Undead Curse arrived and Vendrick was focused on the process of a cure, while the queen plotted various events that would entail the slow and painful hollowing of the king and his kingdom, but not before he blocked the pathways to the Throne of Want, the location she wanted to enter. With the help of the Bearer of the Curse, who was unaware of her true intentions, the pathway was soon freed and then her true form was shown, a being in black and empowered by curses, such is the case of a Child of Dark.
  • When people enter Nashandra's temple, they will see various paintings of her in white around the walls. Those who stare at it for too long will see themselves slowly getting cursed and with it, their humanity, a bad omen and a hint to the queen's true nature. Nashandra may look human but underneath all that royal beauty hides a dark image, one made of bodies and a twisted version of her human image. And to those who face her, just be prepared for all the curses she will summon to kill you despite being the weakest of the sisters.
  • Very few deities stand out in Nashandra's quest for the return of her original soul, but when she does find one, she will stop at nothing to take it. This happened during her stroll in the House of Military and Warfare where upon sensing a large presence of dark did she arrive and found to herself with a surprise, a decript knight that was hiding something. Those who know Slave Knight Gael's actions will realize that he ate the Dark Soul and Nashandra wants a piece of the soul in order to reconnect herself with the remaining sisters. Thankfully, security was able to apprehend her before her pursuit began but she intends to get a hold of it before anyone does.
  • Past her kingdom, she has little of allies but has found some that have shared her predicament, namely Lady MacBeth who is arguably the progenitor of wives who manipulate their husbands. The two have seen their attempts and congratulated each other though MacBeth herself has gained interest in the so-called "Throne of Want" the Child of Dark talks about. While the two share common interests, the Queen of Scotland should be careful as the Child has no remorse towards others, all for the sake of returning back to her original form, her included. On a note, Nashandra finds her husband interesting to say the least.
  • "Brave Undead, you have proven yourself to me. Now, be one, with the Dark..."
• In the depths of the land was a kingdom known as Shulva, otherwise known as the Sanctum City. The city was built around Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon and was governed by the Sunken King and his queen, Elana. All was fine and well until a band of Drakeblood Knights outmatched the kingdom's defenders and awakened Sinh, killing all the residents including the Drakeblood Knights and the Sunken King. Elana was the only survivor and as a result, stayed in the city, bidding her time of revenge by collecting souls from the land and protecting the dragon (or in some cases, using said dragon to accrue more souls).
  • Her domain is completely desolate and filled with poison and muck, possibly due to the nature of the dragon that resided in their kingdom as well as the destruction caused. The damages created by Sinh and the Drakeblood Knights have left her in constant vengeance, plotting the next move as well as ridding of intruders that pass through Shulva. As a result, Elana adopted the environment and slowly formed to control mud and dirt to create her own constructs thanks to her sorcery, hence her being the "Squalid" Queen. These summons includes skeletons, a mud-version of the warrior known as Velstadt, and as rare as it is, three little pigs◊ for some reason. Due to this, Shulva has been restricted of visitors, as is the remaining other kingdoms the Children preside over.
  • While she has plans to control the souls that have died in her place, that has not stopped her on trying out various areas in the Pantheon. So far, she has resided in two areas, the House of Vengeance and the House of Nature. Those two places may fill the void she has such as her playing the long game of revenge by plotting her schemes (and even gaining a few souls here and there), the other being a place where she found a perfect substitute over Sinh, Gogmazios. The Dragon God of Tar is perfect for Elana's form to control and some have spread rumors that the queen is slowly taking a bit of Gogmazios' powers for her own plans.
  • Surprising to her, she found a few dirty fiends she would accept into her rule, first being the pollution spirit Hexxus and Hedorah. The Smog Monster has no form of speech which lead to her just accepting it as a monster that can reside in her rule from time to time but between her and Hexxus, it is an interesting case. The avatar of pollution has taken very sharp eyes towards her despite knowing her temperamental she is, afterall she is an augur of wrath out of her sisters. She has accepted Hexxus to be her "knight" but that depends if he is willing to either follow her or use her for his own means of spreading pollution faster.
  • "You... Forever, you shall rot."
• On the farther lands near a volcano lies Brume Tower, the once lively kingdom of the Old Iron King. There, a Child of Dark named Nadalia went to the lands to woo the king but to her surprise, the king was missing and no one was in the land. Giving in to her despair, she split her soul apart and stored it to various parts of the tower, turning it to ashen idols. After such, she turned herself into a swirling black fog, allowing the revival of the slain warriors of the land to serve her. Since then, Brume Tower had become Nadalia's homeland, and has even welcomed one visitor in the form of Sir Raime, the exiled Drangleic knight to become her loyal guardian, the Fume Knight.
  • This Child of Dark is rather unique, as she has no physical form to speak of, instead her entire self has been surrounded throughout Brume Tower as with the location's foggy atmosphere. Her soul has been split to various ashen idols, all which whisper a weird chant that few can decipher. When it was deciphered, it is the stuff of nightmares, it is her trying to romanticize anyone on their way to the tower, something the Bearer of the Curse can attest to. As for her soul, all are within the ashen idols, minus one, that being sealed within the Fume Knight's Greatsword.
  • Out of all the sisters, Nadalia is possibly the strongest of the bunch, and her work on Brume Tower shows this. The fact that she is able to control a large area and animate various armors and lost souls to her bidding is impressive. Any miracle her idols create will do far more greater effect than those summoned by the Bearer of the Curse and her control over the fog is very strong that other fog-based users may not be able to control their own. Her power would soon attract Emperor Ganishka and Smoke as her fog impressed the two, with Ganishka seeing her power over the Tower to be an achievement, though it can hardly be considered an achievement if Nadalia is in despair after the loss of a potential king. Another fog manipulator by the name of Delsin Rowe was tasked to remove some of Nadalia's fog from reaching the outer premises but his powers waned the moment he first stepped to Brume Tower, showing the Child's great power.
  • Very few deities have ever placed their souls in various artifacts/locations if not for the risk of getting those links destroyed by smarter deities, but the risk may be worth it for those able to secure their domain. This is one of Nadalia's greatest advantages, and with the fog around the kingdom, has made travelling near impossible to secure without confrontation of her various constructs. She and a few others like Xehanort and Voldemort have gone through this and the results are mixed. The three of their soul artifacts ended up being destroyed but so far Nadalia has remained despite her ashen idols and even her guardian killed, although Xehanort remains the better result if you count how much of his plans succeeded as all those incarnations of him died.
  • "Let me surround you."
• On the northern frigid outskirts came the kingdom of Eleum Loyce where a mysterious Child of Dark would arrive on her mission like the rest of her sisters. In what would have been an attempt to bring the kingdom the ruin, she was instead accepted by the Ivory King who was the ruler at the time and as a result, abandoned her original intentions, becoming the oracle of the land. Then the Old Chaos arrived and soon the land was torn apart, forcing the warriors of Eleum Loyce to fight it, alongside the King. However, no warrior has returned back from the Old Chaos, and soon the kingdom was lifeless. Alsanna, willfully waiting for the King's return, would control the raging flames, all until the King's soul was laid to rest.
  • Compared to her sisters, Alsanna may be the most unique, thanks to her redemption by the Ivory King. Even as her true self was revealed, the king loved her and even placed her as the city's oracle. This allowed her to grow out of her original duty as a Child of Dark and went on to become one of the kindest among the five. When her king was consumed by the Old Chaos, her powers manifested in her able to hold off the Old Chaos from her kingdom as well as her cryomancy powers and telepathy. Another note to her is that she is also tied to Nashandra as the weakest among the Children, but if her powers are anything to go by, they still have tremendous powers that would overpower a few gods here and there.
  • One day, the gates of Eleum Loyce were opened and a white figure was soon walking to the front carpets of the castle. Alsanna warned the figure to leave but it only came closer. This figure, revealed to be Elsa, pitied and comforted the Silent Oracle and even had the chance to converse with her. She was pleased hearing the details of Alsanna's redemption and how her existence is proof that not all the Children are abyss monstrosities. Her conversation with the queen made Eleum Loyce more approachable though the winter still remains.
  • "Go on, kind visitor. May you reach your journey's end, one day."
• As years past, when the Ashen One was travelling to Irithyll of the Boreal Valley and travered to the dungeons did he encounter another Child of Dark, however she too left her original plans but remained disgusted of her own form, and was left in a cell. Upon being rescued, she would soon pledge herself to the Ashen One, giving him various spells and sorceries while also telling her own past. This Child of Dark, Karla, knew of her heritage but despised it but decided to take the Ashen One as her apprentice (unless you count her being Zullie the Witch).
  • From the remaining other sisters, she refuses to talk to most people out of terror possibly to avoid letting others know she is a Child herself, an unfortunate burden she has to carry throughout her life. Pantheon residents are usually accepting of many people, well some at the very least, but she has been reserved herself. She has accepted the Ashen One's request and has been slowly getting out of her own fears. Some speculate that she is Zullie the Witch, who sought to ruin the wayfarer known as Alva but ended up helping him until she disappeared. She has not responded to this matter.
  • While the Ashen One is willing to allow visitors to enter Firelink Shrine, few have taken interest in Karla due to her ragged looks. There was one time where a wee witch named Atsuko went to her and asked for some of her magic tricks, of which she denied until the latter kept begging her and decided to teach her some of her sorceries, which includes various dark spells, miracles and even pyromancy. She has hesitation with miracles as out of all the discipline magic systems she has a hard time interpreting miracles but she can try with a few attempts or so.
    • Word of mouth from Akko made the House of Magic evaluate Karla's potential. While she is not fit for combat, her ability to transcribe various magic abilities made her a great asset. It should be noted that in their universe, miracles, pyromancies and sorceries are a different class of magic each. Learning all three would be considered impossible due to certain requirements but Karla's magic affinity, as with the various Children of Dark, makes her an exception. This has gifted her a special entry to the House of Magic but there are times where she hesitates, fearing that her origins would spook many deities. Some of the guardians are finding a way to allow her teachings to prosper without fear from others.
  • "You're here to save me...? But I am guilty. A wretched child of the Abyss. Is that something you can forgive?"

Edited by HamanaHamanaHamana on Jun 9th 2021 at 1:00:05 AM

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@Hamana:

@Hamana

for the Children

@ Hamana:

Something red looms.
It's the Mantis.

Added interactions with Kratos, Dr. Evil and Austin Powers. Also, is the trope Surrounded by Idiots represented in the Pantheon?

Dr. René Emile Belloq, the God Whose Head Exploded (René Belloq, Bellosh [by Sallah])

• New House: Manners of Death
• s: 1 Igordebraga
• Demigod (Intermediate God in his powered up form in an alternate timeline)
• Symbol: A hand grabbing a golden coin
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Portfolio: Your Head Asplode, Affably Evil, Evil Counterpart, French Jerk, Shadow Archetype, Not So Different
• Domains: Archeology, Intelligence
• Allies: Apophis, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Major Toht, Scarecrow, Dr. Evil
• Current Employers: The GUAE, Flintheart Glomgold
• Rival: Indiana Jones
• Enemies: Captain Picard, Lara Croft, Nathan Drake, Wario, Waluigi, Gimli, Link,, Mike Powell, Karl Fairburne, Scrooge McDuck, Han Solo, Austin Powers
• Superiors: George Lucas, Steven Spielberg
• Fears: YHVH, the Sniper, Beelzebub, Darryl Revok
• Interested in: Pokémon, Kratos
• Annoyed By: Michael Bay, Adenoid Hynkel, Various expys of Indiana Jones
• Dr. René Belloq is one of the most cunning and ruthless so called “archeologists” in the Pantheon and Indiana Jones’ rival. He is highly manipulative and usually takes advantage of others to do his dirty work rather than do the heavy lifting himself. Whether it’s stealing his rival Indiana Jones’ work or taking advantage of dictatorial regimes, he is a true threat to anyone unwise (or unfortunate) to have dealings with him.
  • However, it’s not his clever mind games or corrupt archeological exploits that got him into the Pantheon, it’s the fact that his head messily exploded when he tried to use the power of the Lost Ark. He is not happy about that and doesn’t appreciate others pointing it out.

• He is positively terrified of YHVH considering that only a fragment of YHVH’s power caused his infamous head explosion. In fact, he’s terrified of the house of religion and faith in general. He’s actually started refusing to take jobs related to artifacts of any religion, which naturally makes finding work harder, but it’s best to be safe in his opinion.
• He is also understandably afraid of other head-explosion causing gods.
  • He is terrified of the Scanner Darryl Revok known for causing violent head explosions using his telekinetic powers. Revok doesn’t particularly hate him any more than he hates most non-scanners though, and has thus far not gone after him specifically. To make sure he doesn’t start though, Belloq has tried to stay away from his temple whenever possible.
  • He is also afraid of the Sniper, considering he specializes in headshot kills. Sniper doesn’t have any beef with him though, despite his similarities to the Spy.
• In at least one alternate timeline instead of his head exploding, the Lost Ark’s power caused him to transform into a gigantic eldritch light creature seemingly formed by pure energy that was destroyed by Indiana Jones and Marian Ravenwood. The version of him in the Pantheon is definitely from the main timeline, but after hearing about it, was certainly interested by this. He has been confirmed as incapable of assuming this form in the Pantheon though.
• After ascending, he meet up with his old colleague Major Toht to discuss what exactly went wrong with the Lost Ark incident. Toht is convinced that it was somehow rigged to do that when opened while Belloq thinks they somehow did the ritual wrong. They eventually decided that it didn’t matter and started brainstorming a plot to get revenge on Indy. They eventually decided that they needed to exploit his fears to defeat him and teamed up with the self declared “Pantheonic Fearmaster” Scarecrow to find his worst fears. Scarecrow eventually found out that his worst fear was snakes using his “fear toxin”. They eventually decided that they needed to ally themselves with a snake deity. So in a misguided attempt to gain more power and get revenge on Indiana, they decided to ally themselves with the Ancient Egyptian serpent demon Apophis. Belloq was initially reluctant to try to use the power of another religious figure, but he was pressured into it by the other two. Apophis doesn’t think very highly of the trio, but has agreed to lend them a small amount of power in exchange for some souls to eat. In order get those souls, The group has had to go to the various domains of the Pantheon to ambush unsuspecting mortals and use a special device to send them to Apophis’ realm. Their mistake was going to the dominion of Hyrule while Link was also visiting. As they attempted to ambush the hero, Link used his quick reflexes to knock the device out Toht’s hands and destroyed it with an arrow shot. After a short battle, the group retreated and are currently in the process of rebuilding the device.
• He resents the fact that there are so many expys of Indy in the Pantheon. It’s just another unpleasant reminder of his worst defeat that he can’t seem to distance himself from. Sometimes he has been known to attempt to write to the Court of the Gods to convince them to stop letting anyone who even vaguely resembles him from entering the Pantheon. So far, these efforts have been completely fruitless.
• He is currently employed by the GUAE, as they don’t have any gods that specialize in archaeology and Belloq needed a job. Right now he is mainly reading up on the histories of the various locations in the Pantheon.
• As a side job, he also works for Flintheart Glomgold. He was surprised to see that he was a duck (a duck that wore human clothing and spoke in a rather unnatural sounding Scottish accent for that matter), but he pays in real money, so he doesn’t ask too many questions. Glomgold often rants about his obsession with being the “Richest Duck in the Pantheon” and/or defeating his rival Scrooge Mcduck to him and sends him to find various artifacts in the area surrounding the city of Duckburg. Belloq sees him as an idiot, but a useful idiot that provides a good source of money none the less.
  • While attempting to find one of these artifacts once, he encountered Mcduck looking for the same thing. A fight between the two treasure hunters started, which ended badly for Belloq, as he had badly underestimated Mcduck’s fighting skills. When he went back to Glomgold’s Temple empty handed, the duck was furious at him for his falure, but decided not to fire him as he had been quite successful up to that point.
• Captain Picard is disgusted by him for turning an old hobby of his into a morally wrong way to make profit. He thinks he is a relic of a time when humans were fixated on money that should stay in the past. Not helping matters is that they work for opposite alliances that have been enemies since the beginning.
• He also has developed an interest in Pokémon after an archeological dig in the Pokemon World. After all the bounty hunting misadventures, he is trying to acquire one as a bodyguard, without much luck so far. He is especially interested in Golurk both as an archeological curiosity and a bodyguard. Fortunately, Golurk is not in the Pantheon. Yet.
• Indiana Jones isn’t the only Adventure Archeologist in the Pantheon that have made enemies of Belloq. Both Nathan Drake and Lara Croft have had nasty encounters with him as well.
  • Drake had a shootout with him at some point over a Macguffin of some kind in The Great Treasury that ended with both of them badly injured and an interloper named Wario stealing the prize. The two have been enemies to this day.
  • Croft meanwhile was exiting a tomb she had just raided when she exited only to find herself held at gunpoint by Belloq. She managed to fool him into thinking that most of the treasure was already taken and that she had found nothing but a few antique coins. Naturally, as soon as he was distracted by them, she gave he a swift kick in the jaw and ran off victoriously. That trick may have worked on Indiana Jones twice, but Belloq did have backup both times while this time he was both alone, and up against a different person.
• He later met Wario again, but this time it was a more direct fight. The fight started during a GUAE excavation in the Mushroom Kingdom when Wario attempted to steal the treasure they had found. As it turned out, they had both brought backup. Wario had his usual accomplice Waluigi with him and Belloq had a standard platoon of GUAE soldiers with him mostly consisting of Koopa Troopas and Goombas given that this was the Mushroom Kingdom. After a good deal of platforming action from Wario and Waluigi, all of the soldiers had either been killed, or retreated leaving only Belloq and 3 Koopas, who promptly tried escaped with the treasure on an armored car. One car chase later, Wario and Waluigi had defeated them seemingly for good by tricking them into driving off a cliff. What the suspenders wearing duo didn’t know was that the car’s contents were mostly 1-up mushrooms, so they survived the fall by eating them and simply revived back at the dig site upon exploding. Of course, nobody really won, as the treasure was destroyed when the car exploded.
• He also dislikes Gimli as the dwarf resembles Sallah, one of Indiana Jones’ allies that gave him trouble during the Lost Ark excavation. Gimli could not care less about it, as the two almost never cross paths. That doesn’t stop Belloq from resenting him though.
• Bombastic film director Michael Bay once asked him to appear in a movie because he was the god of exploding heads. He refused obviously. Bay still asks him to reconsider occasionally, but has had no luck so far.
• One of his few actual friends in the the Pantheon is Grand Admiral Thrawn of the Galactic Empire. They both share a fascination with archaeology and have a habit of victory through out planning opponents. They often can be found discussing plans to acquire (through means both legitimate and shady) various artifacts from throughout the Pantheon to add to a collection they have hidden somewhere in the Pantheon.
• He was eventually captured alive during a raid on a GUAE excavation project by 2 soldiers working for the OSS named Mike Powell and Karl Fairburne seeking to gain information on his collaboration with the Nazis. He told them the truth of what happened, but phrased it as a Sarcastic Confession. Naturally, they didn’t believe him so he told them a completely made up story about recovering an ancient sword with historical significance that Hitler thought would make a good mantelpiece decoration. Realizing that they wouldn’t get much useful information out of him, the operatives just sent him to a medium security prison nearby, which was promptly recaptured by GUAE forces anyways.
• Belloq denies any claims that he accidentally ate a fly a few hours prior to his original death. Trolls in the Pantheon still like to insult him about it though and for what it’s worth, he does seem to be uneasy about the demonic Lord Of The Flies Beelzebub.
• He strongly dislikes time traveling gods, as they threaten to make his profession obsolete. He doesn’t act on it though, as he knows he’s not nearly powerful enough to realistically fight a time traveler, even an incompetent one, much less a skilled one.
• One villain he refuses to work with is the dictator of Tomania Adenoid Hynkel. Hynkel’s sheer stupidity would be enough on its own, but it’s made worse because he only speaks in bizarre gibberish. The foolish fascist tried to hire him to get him something called the Gildesten Macoughiner, but was almost immediately refused. Belloq has tried to stay at least 5 miles away from Tomania ever since.
• He strongly dislikes Han Solo for a number of reasons. The most obvious is that he looks very similar to Indiana Jones but also because he views his initial exploitation of an ideology for money, but later fully converting to it as something to avoid at all costs. Han doesn’t think highly of him either, and thinks that he’s effectively little better than the bounty hunters he has had to fight over the years.
• One god that fascinates him is Kratos, as the Spartan Warrior managed to kill several gods and eventually become one in his own right. As a divine being caused his head explosion, Belloq has been closely studying the story of the god-slayer, but has decided not to interact with him directly, as the warrior is quite dangerous to be around and would probably figure out his evil intentions relatively quickly.
• Dr. Evil has decided to ally ally with him so they can work together to obtain “Ancient doomsday devices for the use of Evilllll!” due to the simple fact that Evil’s Mooks have all failed him (despite plenty of those times being his fault) and Belloq actually succeeded at his goal of obtaining the Lost Ark. He finds Dr. Evil a little bit strange, but overall a good ally to have, considering his main enemy Austin Powers is a complete idiot that couldn’t possibly pose a threat to him. He was right about Powers being an idiot, but he was very, very wrong about him not being a threat. While it is known that they fought each other at some point, Belloq refuses to speak of it, and Powers when asked about just laughs to himself and says something about orange juice.

Consider it done! As in I removed it, not I expanded it.

Edited by Trypticon03 on Jun 8th 2021 at 3:30:01 PM

The Power Rangers text is barebones and based entirely on actor stuff which is mediocre. Remove it or give them a better reason to single out Belloq.

Bad news: Dr. Evil’s been redeemed ever since the last Austin Powers movie, which is something that still applies in the Pantheon.

Also, this might be a bit nitpicky, but his reasons for interacting with Kratos is a bit strange. Just because a god indirectly blew his brains out, means he’s automatically fascinated by someone who’s killed gods?

Edited by DoodSlayer136 on Jun 8th 2021 at 1:01:33 AM

I did make one last minute change, but Mavis has ascended.

Hamana Hamana Hamana:

Is the Rouge rework ready?

Rouge the Bat, Goddess of Family-Friendly Fanservice (Rogue, bat-face the Rogue, Bat Girl, Bat Thief, Mama Rouge, Rouge the Rat, World's Greatest Thief)

• Votes: 2(Crimson Shark, Tropers/Excessive-Menace)
• Note: Update
• Lesser Goddess
• Symbol: An outline of her head
• Theme Music: Fly in the Freedom; This Machine (shared with Shadow and Omega)
• Alignment: True Neutral
• Portfolio: Badass Normal, Deadpan Snarker, Stacked Fighters And Classy Bat Burglars (that's treasure hunter!), Jerk with a Heart of Gold, Humanoid Female Animal, Ms. Vice Girl, Family-Friendly Fanservice, Teen Superspy, Defrosting Ice Queen
• Domains: Bats, Jewelry, Attractiveness, Thievery, Government Agents
• Allies: Shadow the Hedgehog, E-123 Omega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Ren Akiyama, Shiki, Neopolitan, Emerl, Felonius Gru, Batty Koda
• On good terms with: Ann Takamaki
• On speaking terms with: The Hall of Detectives, Remilia Scarlet, Strahd von Zavorich
• Odd Friendship with: Bruce Wayne/Batman
• Vitriolic Best Buds with: Knuckles the Echidna, Cynthia
• Rivals: Nack, Nathan Drake, Team Charm, Felicia Hardy, Wario
  • Friendly Rivals: Lara Croft, Indiana Jones, Cassim, Morrigan and Lilith Aensland
• Enemies: Metal Sonic, Mephiles the Dark, Black Doom, Infinite, Dr. Eggman, Antasma, Dr Albert W Wily, Konrad Curze
  • Friendly Enemies with: Scrooge McDuck, Diancie and the Carbink
• Opposed by: Carmelita Fox
• Annoyed by: Zubat and Golbat, ZONE
• Rouge's primary interest is in jewels. She is generally in search of them as a treasure hunter, though she's sometimes a freelance government agent...who expects to be paid in such. She's also rather attractive, though considering the world she's from, it's kept at a relatively tame level. A lot of deities accidentally misspell her name as "Rogue". She simply views said misspelling as a minor inconvenience to her.
  • Is noted to have a relatively diverse wardrobe (at least compared to the other Sonic characters) and can be seen wearing a different costume every other week. No one is certain if she gets new clothes through the jewels she finds or simply via a lot of rings.
• The House of Love is still trying to see if she is in love with either Shadow or Knuckles. She has stated that she'll always be by Shadow's side regardless of what happens Omega is there for the two. As for Knuckles, the interactions are a little more complicated to say the least, though they will put aside their differences if the fate of the world is at stake. Rouge works better with Sonic, even being invited to his birthday. The two have also formed a bond with Emerl.
• Even though her memories of that encounter were erased from her, Rouge isn't really happy to see that Mephiles is in action again. She, along with the Shadow and E-123 Omega intend to stop whatever it is that Mephiles has planned in spite of the erasure of said memories. His other components have restored these memories, and Mephiles chose to taunt her of how her and Shadow's relationship would only end in tragedy in the Bad Future. Given he was technically correct about Sonic being the Iblis Trigger, he might be telling the truth. The two have sworn that'll never happen.
  • They weren't happy to learn that Black Doom is Back from the Dead in the pantheon, and Infinite wasn't happy to meet one of Shadow's confidants when he joined the pantheon.
• She tends to hang out with fellow Femme Fatale thieves Catwoman and Fujiko Mine. If she's in a mood to steal something, chances are she'll work alongside the two in such. Unlike Selina she's a government agent, though this doesn't get in the way of her jewel thievery. Sometimes she'll work with the Hall of Detectives as part of her role as a government agent. Rouge will sometimes work with Gru due to his role in the Anti-Villain League and willingness to do anti-heroic things to achieve results. He's also a great thief.
  • The fact she's a government agent and thief boils the blood of Carmelita Fox, who opposes any criminal no matter the alignment and will be damned to let one work for the government.
• One of her appointments was to keep an eye on Eggman's friendly rival Dr Wily, which she already has a poor history with. Wily accuses her of being responsible for Crystal Man's removal from the pantheon because she wanted his crystals all to herself. The bat won't deny that she would do that, but explained that he was actually removed for not properly fitting his trope and he's in no position to complain about being stolen from.
• Being a bat, Rouge tends to hang out with other deities associated with such, including Ren Akiyama and Shiki. The latter calls her Rougie (partially since Rouge told Shiki not to call her "Rogie"). She's also on good terms with Batty Koda, who she pities for the experimentation done to him. On the other hand, Rouge isn't too thrilled about Antasma and has been getting into fights against him whenever their paths cross. For a bat-themed character the two are on not so surprisingly good terms as she reminds him of Selina. Some people have called Batman a furry for this (though a lot of people feel that way for Rouge).
  Bruce Wayne: "Yes, I'm a furry. My costume gives it away".
• Given she's a fanservicy and flirtatious bat, Rouge has a Friendly Rivalry with the bat succubi Morrigan and Lilith. She's a lot more modest than them, so it's more about personal vanity than anything lustful. Being an attractive humanoid bat has led to the Hall of Vampires being interested in her, but she only cares to make conversation with classy vamps like Von Zarovich or Remila Scarlet who's both a vampire and a bat. Demitri Maximoff has tried to hit on her but she ignores him unless she wants to Troll Knuckles.
• She finds the bat-themed Konrad rather intimidating, as he's Batman but evil and on steroids. However beyond opposing him and he opposing her for being a thief, Rouge is more concerned(rather, annoyed) by the Zubat and Golbat who pester her whenever she's exploring caves searching for treasure. Rouge was interested in the world of Pokemon to a degree, but mainly the Woobat line as they remind her of herself^note she and the Woobat line are the equivalent of the Hondouran white bat]]. Less vainly she and Cynthia are somewhat chummy together as they're both treasure hunters and Cynthia is a socialite. However the Pokemon champion sometimes bemoans her jewel thievery, greed and vanity, even if she knows Rouge is a good person underneath that.
• Rouge has gotten a lot of ire from Diancie and her Carbink servants as she always tries to steal their jewels and get the Mythical Pokemon to make more beautiful pink diamonds for her. Sometimes she'll also try to take some of Scrooge McDuck's gems for herself, using her role as a government agent to claim she's part of the IRS. Scrooge eventually put two and two together and fought her, but he can't deny he enjoyed their fight and hopes to prove himself as always her better the next time she tries to take his gems. And while Diancie doesn't have that Worthy Opponent angle with Rouge, she knows the bat thief won't harm her or her Carbink and isn't a bad person.
• Knows she's attractive and is proud of it. She just wishes that ZONE stopped drawing lewd fanart of her. Personally she holds more of a respect for Ann Takamaki for embracing her beauty without letting other people define what that means for her, and was impressed at how she stood up for herself against sex offenders like Kamoshida. The two first met during her time in the Hall of Thievery, where she espoused wisdom and learned more tips in jewel thievery. Rouge soon found a rival in Black Cat, both in being a Classy Cat-Burglar and vanity about their looks.
• During one of her treasure-hunting exploits, she met up with treasure-hunter Nack. She was a little amused to hear that the weasel was doing treasure-hunting in the Sonicverse before she came along. Both certainly enjoy the competition and often take shots at each other thanks to Nack's attempts at flirting with her. It was through him that Rouge learned about various other treasure hunters such as Lara Croft, Indiana Jones, and Nathan Drake. She finds them to be rather interesting competition in her treasure-hunting exploits.
  • Rouge later happened to encounter Team Charm by chance during one of her adventures. After a brief dispute over a treasure that they found, she and the group considered each other rivals and are in competition over who can find more valuable treasures.
• The bat was once asked about the Treasury within the Pantheonic vault. When asked if she would try and steal something from there, she simply said that she would steal something that interests her at the moment. She also knows about Nack's various attempts at breaking in the vault and failing at that. One of the times she tried to steal from the Treasury Wario got it first and the she began chasing him for it, and whatever treasures and valuables he discovers. Wario doesn't like the competition so Rouge didn't bother with any bargaining.

Also, unless someone else has suggestions, I think the Emperor is ready.

Emperor Mateus, God of Taking Over The Afterlife (The Emperor, Emperor of Hell, Emperor of Heaven, Trap Master, Nameless Despot)

^{As the Emperor of Hell} 

^{As the Emperor of Heaven} 

• Votes: 1 (Bazzardreturns)
• Theme Song: Battle Scene II
• Intermediate God, Greater God as the Emperor of Hell and the Emperor of Heaven
• Symbol: The staff by which he rules.
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Heralds: The still-loyal citizens of Palamecia and The forces of Pandemonium
• Portfolio: The Emperor, later God-Emperor, Usurping the thrones of Hell and Heaven by means of his own death, Trap based magics, Starfall, godly imagery and mentality, Faux Affably Evil, Clever strategist, Pure evil, Only called by his title, Very pretty-looking, Not taking any chances, Doesn't have any faith in humanity, Soul split into his dark and light half
  • As the Emperor of Hell: Dark evil being, Commands The Legions of Hell, Seek to destroy everything in the human world
  • As the Emperor of Heaven: Light evil being, Try to pass himself as benevolent, Offer others immortal life in exchange of serving him
• Domains: Godhood, Empires, Rule, Heaven, Hell.
• Allies:
  • Final Fantasy Deities: Lord Chaos, Exdeath, Kefka Palazzo, Sephiroth, Ultimecia, Ardyn Izunia
  • Others: Darkseid, Xehanort's Incarnations, The Heartless, Vanitas,Jareth, Azazel (Helltaker), Yaldabaoth
• Enemies: Firion, All the other good-aligned Final Fantasy deities, Golbez, Kuja, Jecht, Tidus, Mori Motonari, David Xanatos, Lelouch vi Britannia, Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro, Laharl, The Seven Mortal Sins, Black Mage Evilwizardington, The Saint of Killers, The Night Raid,Zamasu
• Rivals: Melkor, YHVH, All those who have leadership over an afterlife
• Some people are born with a rare unbidden ambition, one that pushes them to reach higher and higher for all of their life, and even beyond. The Emperor of the nation of Palamecia was one such soul who sought to control the whole world, even enlisting the help of the Legions of Hell to conquer it. His campaign of domination was nearly unstoppable, which eventually resulted in the sole resistance being the Wild Rose Rebellion, formed from the remnant of the conquered kingdom of Flynn. Though things seemed utterly hopeless, they nonetheless managed to finally kill the tyrant... But death couldn't stop his desire. Upon his passing, his soul was split into a 'dark' half, which went to Hell, and a 'light' half, which went to Heaven. Each promptly conquered their respective afterlives, deposing the dark and light forces. After which, the Emperor of Hell returned to the mortal realm with his demonic forces to lay waste to it, only to be defeated by the same heroes who killed him. At the same time, the Emperor of Heaven called upon the souls of those his empire had killed to try to convince them to forgive him, only for those same souls to rise up and slay him. Thus was his evil finally over, or so it was thought.
• The Emperor, in a state where both parts of his souls were brought back together, was one of the many warriors called upon by Lord Chaos to act as his servants in an unending cycle of battles, which the ambitious human had accepted only with the goal to take control of both his lord's forces and that of their nemesis, Cosmos. While he failed in that and died once more, Chaos once more called upon him in the Pantheon, even managing to get him the title of those who conquer afterlives. The Emperor's ascension was merely the beginning. Upon learning that there were so many seats of power above the thrones he had taken for himself in his own world and that they were involved in a Forever War that spread across the whole Pantheon, he had decided to extends his original plans and to eventually find a way to usurp the thrones of all of the Great Alliances, so that he can become ruler of all that exists.
• Since Firion is the hero who has slain him twice, it goes without saying that Emperor absolutely despises him and wishes for nothing less than his complete destruction, and it isn't helped by the fact that the rebel hero carry the Blood Sword, a weapon which can effortlessly destroy even the Emperor's mightier forms. The sentiment is very much reciprocated as Firion is filled with rage towards the despot for all the suffering he brought to his friends and the rest of the world. And so, the two are once more staunch archenemies, and the rest of the heroic Final Fantasy have likewise followed the Salamand native in opposing the emperor, especially since a good number of them already were his enemies when they were serving under Cosmos.
• Initially, The Emperor once more worked alongside other Final Fantasy villains under the god Chaos, though he naturally planned to betray them just as he did back when they first fought together. However, this alliance was quickly undermined when Kuja and Golbez ended up leaving the forces of evil and joining up with good. This act quickly irked the Emperor, who swore that he would have the heads of the two traitors for this. And there is tension even amongst those who remained on Chaos's side, as he despises Exdeath and Kefka for their plans to destroy the world, leaving nothing for him to rule. Still, he acknowledges their powers and so tries to remain on their good sides so that he can use them wisely.
  • Another 'traitor' he's been targeting is Jecht, and the animosity is very reciprocated in this case, as the Emperor is the one who brainwashed him to the side of Chaos in the first place. By extension, he also is hated by the former blitzball champion's son, Tidus, who also used to fight for Chaos. The despot couldn't care less that his dirty deeds tore their family even further apart, he just hates the thought of losing pawns.
  • Naturally, this meant that he was by extension serving under Melkor in the Grand United Alliance of Evil. However, this changed when he was approached by Darkseid, who sought to recruit the Emperor's cunning and power for the Harbingers Of Repression after hearing about his conquests. Seeing that Darkseid's ideal of a dystopia appealed to him much more than Melkor's spiteful evil, the mage monarch accepted the offer to join. Though he kept his ties with Chaos and, as always, he fully plans on finding a way to bring down Darkseid and become the new God of Tyranny.
• In the Pantheon, The Emperor can split himself into his Emperor of Hell and his Emperor of Heaven halves. While they're both the same egotistical tyrant in the end, his 'dark half' is more openly misanthropic and primarily focuses on laying waste to the world and destroying everything on it, bringing him closer to the ideals of the Grand United Alliance of Evil, and the 'light half' casts himself as a higher and benevolent being, who offers salvation and blessings to wicked humanity, which allowed him to more easily approach the similarly conceited members of the Grand United Alliance of Law. Yet despite those differences, the two have no problem working with one another. In fact, their differing personalities are part of a ploy by the Emperor to take the thrones of the Alliances they're respectively closer to, then unite them to conquer the rest of the Pantheon. Yet both Melkor and YHVH are heard about his exploits, and so are justifiably wary around any of his selves.
  • Hearing of an Heart that was pure evil, even after being purged of its darkness, heavily interested Master Xehanort and his other selves, and the old Keyblade master has approached the Emperor to study it. While the despot doesn't care much for his ultimate goal of purging darkness from people's hearts, he did grow interested in how Xehanort deliberately splitting himself into his Heartless and Nobody to accomplish his plans was much similar to his own successes with his two halves. As such, he has welcomed the latter's attempt to investigate him, and even has been trying to get advice on using time travel to possibly split himself furthermore so that he can have a 'representative' for each alliance. Additionally, since the Emperor of Hell is his incarnated darkness, he can control the Heartless without any dangers, something which he eagerly takes advantage of.
  • Naturally, a good number of deities are horrified by the fact that the Emperor is so nefarious that even his 'good' side is pure evil. On the other hand, Vanitas find the fact that his darkness and light are as evil as the other hilarious and is glad to work with the tyrant on his scheme, something was helped by his tie to Xehanort. However, the three can't help but wonder if the union of his split halves could possibly invoke the X-Blade, something which they are all eager to find out.
• The Emperor has proven himself to be an expert schemer and in fact was the primary brain behind the Warriors of Chaos during the Dissidia conflict, and in fact was the one that came up with their overall plan. He's also completely relentless in his schemes and seldom gives any chance to his enemies, as was proven by his conquest of the world. Of course, any advice he offers is tainted by the fact that he plans to betray any authorities so that he can be the one to stands above all. He's naturally wary around the likes of Motonari or David Xanatos. Though he refuses to admit anyone could possess a greater mind than his own, he is wise enough to make plans that would protect himself against them. Another deity he has grown wary of is Lelouch vi Brittania, especially after hearing that the young man managed to utterly destroy an empire that had ruled over a great part of the world for a century. Lelouch himself despises the Emperor for reminding him of the worst excesses of Brittania, and so the two have been making their own plans on how to eventually dispose of the other.
• A lot of deities have noted that he looks very much like the legendary singer David Bowie, and more than a few of them confused the two on occasion. While the Emperor doesn't have much of an opinion on music or on Bowie himself, the fact that he could be likened to a powerless mere mortal like him anger the prideful despot. Anyone who calls him by that name is bound to get into all sorts of trouble with traps later on.
  • He also flipped off when Nagisa Misumi/Cure Black and Honoka Yukishiro/Cure White mistook him as a reincarnated Pissard, who, you guessed it, looked like David Bowie. The battle raged for a long time and by the end of it, The Emperor has come to hate the two magical girls. As for the two of them, while they did recognize that he wasn't actually Pissard after all, they still staunchly oppose his ambitious and tyrannical way.
  • This resemblance to Bowie also got him comparisons to Jareth, especially when it comes to the way they dress. The Emperor, for his part, grew fascinated by the Goblin King's labyrinth and how he can change every facet of it on a whim. And so, the despot decided to strike an agreement with him so that he can study his labyrinth in the hope of modifying Pandemonium and Arubboth so that he can have an equivalent mastership of them. In exchange, he has been teaching some of his spells to the fairy-like being.
• For a very long time, nobody knew his actual name, as he felt no need to be known by anything lesser than the title that shows his eventual rulership over all. An alternate telling of his tale gave him the name Mateus, but this story also showed him as completely manipulated by Satan and never managing to conquer Hell for himself. Naturally, the arrogant monarch absolutely despised something that made him look like a pawn and so refused to acknowledge it. But it eventually turned out during the wars between Chaos and Cosmos that Mateus was actually his name, though he still never use it.
• Quite naturally, he has been planning on taking over other afterlives, of which there are many tied to the various gods of the Pantheon. Upon learning about how Laharl managed to become Overlord of his Netherworld by simple martial might, as did Lucifer of the Seven Mortal Sins with Hell, he has been making plans to defeat them and take their realms for their own. Both have already heard of the guy's reputation and are naturally quite against this, which means they're fully preparing themselves to fight him eventually. He thinks of the Hell that the Helltaker visited as quite an easy target, since its greatest demons were easily recruited into a mortal man's harem for pancakes of all things. Yet, unexpectedly, he has shown nothing but courtesy towards the visiting angel Azazel, who was fascinated by the thought of a mortal sinful enough to conquer Hell. He seems more than happy to answer all of her questions and to guide her. In truth, he has learned about she grew powerful enough to take over the place herself in an alternate timeline, and so has decided to deliberately guide her along that part so that he can have a powerful ally.
  • There are others in the Pantheon who accomplished the feat of taking over an afterlife. The psychotic adventurer known as Black Mage managed to take over Hell due to his immense evil, but any thoughts in the Emperor's mind about a possible alliance of convenience were quickly squashed by the mage's stupidly destructive impulses. And so, the despot has designated him as a threat to simply eliminate. Upon learning about how the Saint of Killers took over both Hell and Heaven yet had no interest in ruling himself, he had tried to coax him into his services. He was quickly shot down quite literally by the Saint, who pointed out he was no better than the version of God from his world.
• Quite naturally, his despotic ways have earned him the ire of other freedom fighters such as The Night Raid, who swore that they would remove his evil forever. The Emperor would scoff at this, but his experiences with the Wild Rose had taught him very well that even such paltry resistance shouldn't be underestimated, and so he has been planning on how to dispose of the assassins.
• Upon hearing about how a mere mortal usurped the divine positions, Zamasu immediately went ballistics and swore that he would destroy the Emperor and every last one of his accomplishments from reality for the sins of tainting the realm of the gods with mortal wickedness. The despot just laughed at his face, unimpressed by the usual hypocrisy of the Supreme Kai who betrayed his own divine master before exterminating every other deity, then pointed out that they both want to be masters of everything, he's just honest about it.
  • On the other spectrum of tyrannical divinities, the God of Control Yaoldaboth became interested in The Emperor, both because he himself usurped the divinely-appointed role of Igor and because he very much approves of a single empire where free thought is forbidden controlling the entire world. And so, he has approached the mage to offer an alliance, adding that should the latter somehow manage his plans to take over the Pantheon, he would be glad to help him make a world of perfect order. Having very little objections with that as long as he's on top of everything, Mateus accepted.

Edited by Alecoene on Jun 8th 2021 at 12:05:55 PM

for The Emperor

For the Emperor and Rouge.

Since the point was raised: people with more knowledge on Cornelia li Britannia, is she really the best choice for No One Gets Left Behind (mind you that the trope page doesn't list Code Geass, even if it's on her cast entry) or the trope could be sent to Rmpdc's draft for the Saving Private Ryan crew, as that is a movie about a rescue mission?

Reposting, as knowing if it's good enough or can be improved is always welcome.

Kiley Shefford, Goddess of Issues Over Small Breasts

• Quasideity
• Proposed House: Female Anatomy, Causes of Sadness
• Symbol: Her business card
• Alignment: Neutral Good - or at least she tries
• Portfolio: Having a Flat Chest And Not Liking It, The Cutie, Mood-Swinger (Usually Pending Towards Sadness), Boyish Short Hair, Psychology Major Who At Times Is Impressively Good In That Field, Intimate Psychotherapy, Saying What She Shouldn't
• Domains: Breasts, Sadness, Psychology
• High Priest: Himiko Yumeno
• Allies: Noel Vermilion, Flone, Etna, Tamie Nogi, Anna, Nora Valkyrie, Sigmund Freud, Frasier Crane, Laharl, Takuto Maruki, Baymax, Mordin Solus, Tenko Chabashira
• Opposes: Sofia Lamb, Scarecrow,Harley Quinn, ZONE, Kokichi Oma
• Complicated Relationship: Didi Chastel
• Uncomfortable around: Big-breasted deities

• Kiley Shefford's life was forever changed the day she saw a voluptous blonde jogging through Montreal, as it would bring her insecurities regarding her small breasts to the forefront of her mind - her plight caused a big commotion on the Pantheon, who decided to ascend her. Kiley at first was uncertain of whether to take well people outright defining her for her biggest complex, but decided it was better to move along.
  • The busty bystander Désirée Chastel would also appear as Kiley wound up inserted in her very weird circle of acquaintances, and Kiley became a very important part of Didi's life by bringing her to orgasm for the first time, leading Didi to start a very clingy relationship. Seeing Didi already in the Pantheon was not good for Kiley, as she managed to get her away once, but is afraid she won't be able to repeat it, and has avoided Didi as much as possible. Given the only way Kiley convinced Didi to leave was making her notice she liked wrestling more than Kiley's handy skills, Kiley has made sure to keep the contacts of some wrestler deities in any case, while also praying they don't discover she finds their sport corny and running on unbelievable plots.
• As her title was once Noel Vermilion's, Kiley was introduced to the fighter, and they even started a "support group" of sorts for deities with modest chests, that includes Etna, Flonne (their friend Laharl has shown an instant liking for Kiley as she's a rare deity who won't trigger his fear of big breasts), Tamie Nogi, and Anna from the Epic Battle Fantasy squad. Kiley is both relieved to find others in the same condition, and downright amused that it's an issue not only of ordinary girls, but ones with unbelievable powers too.
• Walking through the Pantheon can at times be a minefield for Kiley's inferiority complex - hell, the sub-house where her temple resides is a congregation of busty deities, including a goddess with six breasts and a literal giant woman. She can't help but question how there is a place where she can be intimidated even by unusual yet still well-endowed interpretations of women, such as those supposed to represent warships and video game consoles. She's even been issued warnings regarding nearby superheroine congregations, because if cosplayers tick Kiley off, the real deal can get even worse.
• In spite of her modest physique, Kiley is noted for being pretty, with no dearth of potential suitors asking her on a date. Even gays can get aroused by her! (though she prefers not to think it's because both her hair and body are boyish...) She only gets uncomfortable when being courted by women, as in spite of the whole Didi deal, Kiley is still straight. It doesn't matter if she's approached with the supposed intent of helping Kiley overcome her bosom insecurity.
• Being a psychology major, she set up a clinic on the Pantheon, as the amount of deities with emotional baggage or downright mental issues ensures she'll never run out to work. But given some prospect patients only came up to Kiley hearing about her experience as a "therabuddy",^note well, at least it's less unprofessional than "fuckapist" she had to set up a warning that her methodology does not presume sleeping with patients.
  • Another thing that brought Kiley to the forefront is an experience with making rivals work out differences through "full-body contact therapy". If only for some people to get "hate sex" with therapeutic backing! The Pantheon's resident shrink, Frasier Crane, while taking Kiley under his wing has vouched for her to treat his friends Sam and Diane, who were downright ascended to the Pantheon because of their Belligerent Sexual Tension.
• Wishes more mental health deities could be ascended, as while Takuto Maruki (a really nice guy, even if it's clear he has some deep-seated sorrows), Sigmund Freud (to Kiley's surprise and delight, as it's one of the people psychology students need to learn about; Sigmund, in return, is intrigued with Kiley's propension to use sex as treatment) and Frasier (who Kiley can't deny on being knowledgeable and helpful, as well as someone so pompous and stuffy that just has the tendency to drive her away) can serve as a positive influence, there are way too many Psycho Psychologists out there. For instance, the deity who used to teach psychology, Jonathan Crane, now is a sadistic creep intent on making anyone around him afraid - and one of his friends, Harleen Quinzell, used to be a psychiatrist, only to become a cautionary tale for Kiley given she's now an insane criminal after falling in love with the wrong guy. Sofia Lamb offered to help Kiley finish her degree, leading to the unpleasant surprise that she's a complete maniac who advocates against The Evils of Free Will.
  • To Kiley's surprise, one of the most helpful deities regarding mental health is a more 'general practitioner'. Who isn't even human, Baymax, and also has bedside manners which Kiley is particularly appreciative of. Along with how cuddly he is (it's like her attempt at beating her fear of big breasts by pressing them or being pressed, only without making other people around Kiley confused).
• Given her first patient was Yuki, a Japanese girl with severe phallophobia caused by tentacle porn, Kiley still has some nasty flashbacks if people yell "TENTACLES!" near her. Thus no good can come between her and ZONE, who is a big fan of this kind of hentai, and very willing to try to corrupt someone who already used much sex on her job.
• Has shown a fondness for pancakes, which she can scarf down in large numbers in spite of her small size. This has brought her closer to Nora, with whom she shares big plates - and Ren is not very happy if this means he has to cook for two of those! Although the dessert other people tend to ask for Kiley when she visits the House of Food are bomb cakes, oversized and in pairs. Sometimes with nipples! And women who try to make Kiley question her sexuality have been noted to approach her with chocolate pudding.
• Prefers to hang around human or humanoid deities, as her life suddenly becoming rife with quirky\wacky people made Kiley pry for some normalcy, or at least grounded realism, for once. And yet she got along with Mordin Solus, as the Salarian's knowledge about intercourse and STDs makes him a good complement to Kiley's penchant for sex therapy.
• Two students from the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles wound up meeting Kiley because they expected one of their classmates to be holding her title. Kokichi is now teasing her - and her chest - as much as he did to Himiko Yumeno (while Kiley discovered Kokichi is a Loving Bully whose clear intents are never clear, she still prefers to block any of his calls and look the other way if Kokichi notices her) while Tenko repeated what she said to Himiko, that beauty matters more than size and assured her that she is well-shaped, and has been flirtatious and protective of Kiley ever since. Kiley has since requested for Himiko to become her high priest (she figured out Tenko just needed to have her back in her life, while also relieving Kiley of the possibility of another woman obsessed with her...), and is pondering whether to start treating Tenko, who has both the traumas of being murdered in a killing game and a deep-seated misandry noted by excessive usage of the term 'degenerate males'. Her uncertainty is solely because she fears what will happen if the therapy backfires like with Yuki, as Kiley does not want to see a trail of victims of Tenko's Neo-Aikido mastery.
• Quite a few deities offered to enhance Kiley's bust size, with her still weighing the propositions. The one she knows it's better to pass on is Black Jack, who in spite of a good track record looks like someone she wouldn't trust with a cut finger, let alone breast implants.

Rmpdc is planning to give the Saving Private Ryan crew America Won World War II. Do they have plans to swap out that trope with No One Gets Left Behind?

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Jun 8th 2021 at 3:55:47 AM

The answer if I would ever swap anything is no. I adopted the SPR cast with that trope and I plan on ascending them with it.

Edited by Rmpdc on Jun 8th 2021 at 7:06:16 PM

@ Dr Ellioq: He'd be a lot more cautious about it given how he died, but I think he would be interested in the SCP Foundation due to the various interesting item-based anomalies they have. Smart enough to not bother them, but still interested

Honestly, No One Gets Left Behind fits SPR crew better since its a story of a group of soldiers trying to rescued another one from ememy lines and its pretty much the focal point of the story.

@Trypticon 03: I intend to take that trope for Dr. Hell. I've yet to make the nomination official, though.

So remember when I got the Payday Law Enforcement Specialists claimed? Well...

The Cloaker for Instakill Mook:

Character: One of the SWAT specialists enlisted against the Payday gang, and by far the most rabid one of the bunch.

Reason: This is his main ability, sneaking up on players before suddenly rushing them and drop kicking his target, instantly downing them. The fact that they’re relatively common on higher difficulties means you’ll be experiencing this a lot.

The reason that i’m proposing him separately from his group is because he’s essentially the games Mascot Mook, being more fleshed out and popular than his peers thanks to his Ax-Crazy Smug Snake personality, even getting his own Halloween event via the Necro-Cloaker

I was more implying that he had more character and personality than the others, the fact that he’s popular is a result of that. I wasn’t going to make a hype profile if that’s what that implied. I’m chill with doing him with the rest though, if that’s better.

Edited by DoodSlayer136 on Jun 8th 2021 at 6:39:17 AM

So if I'm reading this right, the reason you want to separate a specific enemy class from a group profile idea you're planning to work on and give that particular enemy class their own standalone profile is because they're popular?

If that's the case, I'm not supportive of that standalone idea, especially since the Cloakers seem to have the same motive as the other Law Enforcement Specialists even taking into account the other unique traits within the rest of the Specialists (which is to stop the PAYDAY gang).

Edited by r-lock256 on Jun 8th 2021 at 6:33:04 AM