Welcome to the Trope Pantheons thread! Please read the rules:
- When writing a profile, take note of the following:
- The very first thing any contributor should do before working on an idea or a profile is to propose and nominate the idea on the Trope Pantheons discussion thread
. In the forums, you must discuss with other users on adding ideas and seek their approval with sound reasoning, a paragraph of reasoning to justify taking a trope should be sufficient. This is done to see if your proposal is the best representative and so, in case your profile is turned down, you do not waste time writing something that others might not find suitable. You can also get some assistance in the forum thread by either asking for help and those interested asking if they can help. Attempting to work on ideas without a nomination and at least one net thumbs-up will not be accepted regardless of how much you have written already. Submissions that are added without discussion are likely to be deleted and those who violate those rules by adding Pantheon content without discussion will get reported to the mods.
- If you feel the need to remove a character for some reason (poor quality, outdated titles, etcetera) and replace him/her with another or outright rework, please see what the other tropers think about this in the discussion thread before doing anything hasty. For reworks in particular, nominate the idea as you would with new characters or profiles. Use good reasoning to see if your idea can easily replace the character present without drawing out your statement or giving too ambiguous claims most do not understand.
- In the same vein, if you adopt a profile from another troper, it is recommended that you make an announcement that you have done so on the discussion thread
. More often than not, a trope that was reserved for something was given away to someone else. Check the Related tab on the top of a page to see if a trope or character has been reserved by a user, either in the Pantheon or the Sandbox sections.
- In the same vein, if you adopt a profile from another troper, it is recommended that you make an announcement that you have done so on the discussion thread
- If, for whatever reason, you are writing about a God who just happens to be a person in real life, just try to be very careful about what you decide to say. Do not try to make the editing seem too meta (self-referential) and use the creativity to create hypothetical scenarios towards fictional characters. Some real-life individuals, including content creators (fictional content created by them is still fair-game, but do not bring up the creators themselves in such cases), may be considered disqualified for profiles due to controversies that would make them concern the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment. To determine where a current creator would be disqualified:
- Wait for at least a month after the latest significant update for a creator's controversy before any decision can be made. If a confirmation from the questioned creator (or associates) themselves occurs, then wait for a week.
- Immediate disqualification for either a guilty sentence in a significant court case against the creator, or evidence of consistently repeated, deliberate, and/or intentionally provocative hate speech and advocacy of dehumanizing perspectives, with lesser examples warranting caution instead.
- For creators with a clear persona of their character disclosed before any scandal, the persona can have a profile with no mentioning of their real-life information. Ambiguous existence of a persona would have to be discussed further hand for anything more decisive.
- For obvious reasons, gods cannot be followers, high priests, or heralds. The 'gods' have ascended meaning there is no need for said character to be a follower of another if they have ascended.
- No hype profiles, please. 'Hype Profiles' are profiles that have been made out of ongoing events and have not been around for a long time. This creates 'hype' due to popularity and certain elements either through certain scenes, memes, dramatic acting or considered overly awesome. They are not bad tropes but building a portfolio solely for that is a bad idea, as they do not say a thing about representing the trope best (unless it's those trope concepts that they are trying to embody for a long time)
- You can see one if the profile is only showing off how awesome they are or suddenly pushing how 'significant' they are thanks to the just very recent events rather than respecting the longstanding good representations of the trope. And usually having... minimum portfolio or flavor texts and being a bit too generalized or self-contained to events from within their home series instead of interacting with other Pantheon members.
- The very first thing any contributor should do before working on an idea or a profile is to propose and nominate the idea on the Trope Pantheons discussion thread
- When posting in the forum, take note of the following:
- When you suggest a God, please explain why they fit the trope. Not everyone is going to understand just "X should be the God of Y because they exemplify the trope" off the bat, especially if they're unfamiliar with the work.
- You must use the Trope Pantheons discussion thread
in the forums if you wish to add a new deity, story, something else of importance to the Trope Pantheon canon, or reworking an existing deity (be it simply improving their existing profile or changing their title).
- For new and reworked deities, 3
means the profile will have a one-week waiting period.
- For new and reworked deities, 4
is a 3 day waiting period.
- 5
is an automatic ascension for new and reworked deities.
- Speaking of reworks, for anyone that wants to improve such profiles, they have to review the current trope the character(s) has and see if it still holds up or if there is a better rep for their trope.
- For new and reworked deities, 3
- For adding new Treasures to The Great Treasury or new Dominions to the Dominions Expansion, the following rules apply:
- For new Treasures or Dominions, 3
is a 3 day waiting period.
- 4
is an automatic addition to the Great Treasury or Dominions.
- For new Treasures or Dominions, 3
- Do not repost a profile in the forums more than twice a day if noticeable changes have not been made in between. If a profile is posted a third time in a row without noticeable alterations, it will be downvoted. This is so spamming of no-effort profiles is less frequent and to prevent tropers from getting aggravated seeing the same profile over and over. The minimum acceptable change has to be one flavor text.
- The Pantheon is not a mouthpiece for you to voice your opinions on certain characters. You may like certain characters more than others, but do not make the mistake of making profiles for characters you like to look like Character Shilling.
- Every troper new to the Pantheon is barred from approving or downvoting profiles until they have ascended at least two profiles, this means avoiding the usage of "
" or "
".
- Do not include fan reception in any profiles. It has nothing to do with the character themselves and will create unnecessary conflict.
- Write a detailed explanation on why the character is the best candidate for the deity of that trope. If people disagree with you, do not force it on the people.
- Keep in mind that if you still want to try to find a trope for a particular character, you are only given three chances to find a particular trope for them. If a suggestion goes past three possible tropes, then it will come off as shoehorning a character into the Pantheon just for the sake of that character to be there.
- On a related note, even if a character does have a free trope being suggested, there is still a limit of three attempts for suggesting that character for that trope. If no one responds to that certain proposal after being posted three times, then it will get to the point where the idea will be seen as being shoehorned into the Pantheon. In addition, the idea needs to be considered acceptable and approved because they are good, not for the sake of pitying others. After all, no one is responding to their idea.
- You can also adopt a profile or idea to work on from another contributor by messaging a request to them (preferably through private messages). Even if you get their permission, you still have to announce your adoption to the forum. Note that if the idea wasn't nominated in the first place you still have to properly nominate it.
- When posting Pantheon related stuff to the wiki, take note of the following:
- Do not put a link to these Pantheon pages into the main wiki page. The moment you want to note in a trope example that the character is a God of this trope, do not do it. If you see leftovers of this practice, correct the situation by deleting the offending text. This goes for any non-Pantheon page. The only exception to this rule is if a page in the Pantheon could be confused for a page in Main, like Good Colors, Evil Colors and Pantheon.Good And Evil Colors.
- Do not bring things that would incite fights; hot topics and 'urgent' news are not pertinent to the Pantheon's mission. For example, the political scene and some really bad politicians. We are not here to fight each other, so don't suggest things that go in that direction, this is a fictional Pantheon after all.
- To add a Pantheon page for a certain work, 4 or more characters coming from the same series/franchise should be ascended before adding the page. For Creator specific pages, 4 deities coming from the same creator and 2 individual work pages coming from the same creator is the minimum to warrant a page.
- Do not create a trope page for a story until the story is fully completed.
- When writing a profile for a character, here are a few things to note:
- Please refer to Text Formatting Rules when writing a profile, since understanding how to make and edit site pages in general is a necessity for working on profiles or other Pantheon content. Additionally, if you are not experienced with English, refer to this forum page
, as proper English spelling and grammar is expected.
- All deities should be sorted by their divine ranking. Put Overdeities on the top of the page and Quasideities on the bottom. Also, be sure to add them in alphabetical order by their first/given name (can be reversed if it is Eastern ordered). For a group, if there is no official name for them all list down all their names by order of relevance or (if too long to list) title them as Insert Name Here Main Characters or some other identifiable title along the same lines.
- The maximum number of tropes that a god can have is two, but do not try to abuse that fact. If you need to use a second trope to specify a certain thing about their position, that can be excused either because said character represents their trope choice very well alongside the first trope. It is still generally encouraged to only have one trope.
- A trope can only belong to one profile at a time. The only time two profiles can share a trope is if there are explicit variations listed in the trope page proper (e.g. Muscle Angst is held by both Biscuit Krueger and Chihiro Fujisaki as the former represents "Too Much Muscle" and the latter represents "Not Enough Muscle")
- If the character you are about to add to a House already exists in another, make sure to mention that this person has spots in another House as well. Up to 2 places can be made for a deity at most.
- For a character's theme song, try to avoid calling it "Theme of God X" or "Theme of (Show where God X originates from)". If possible, try to find out if the song has an actual name through research. Most importantly, it has to be part of their series' official soundtracks from the media. Do not list songs that are made by fans or outside sources. If they were not specifically used as music for that specific character, then they do not count. Furthermore, it has to be a general theme specifically made for that characters' appearances, not some generic music that plays for many other instances not related to the character in question.
- For images, when adding an image for your chosen character, it is highly recommended to use a stylized image that embodies the character or renders that also highlight a character's behavior (such as cool poses). Most images should be from the main adaptations of the character unless the images from the other media are of a higher quality than the adaptation. Unless it is needed, do not use fanart for images. If you are, please attribute it to the original artist. Due to the website's dark mode, removing white backgrounds from an image is paramount. This website
is suggested to do the background removal. If an image you have takes up too many bytes, it is suggestible to use this site
to reduce the byte size. If the byte is still too big, run the compressed image through other sites (or even the same one) to compress even further. Use wikis to look for better images, as even wikis for the series might not contain good official images.
- Creativity is your friend. While it is not recommended to get too ditzy at your ideas, it is best that when writing a profile for a certain character, do you think of capable scenarios between X and Y. Tip: do not use shallow examples (X wields a sword and Y wields one too) and try to think of relationships that make sense (i.e those characters that are shout-outs for another).
- Please refer to Text Formatting Rules when writing a profile, since understanding how to make and edit site pages in general is a necessity for working on profiles or other Pantheon content. Additionally, if you are not experienced with English, refer to this forum page
- Pantheon Content:
- Some series or genres will eventually have greater representation in the Pantheon than others. This is unavoidable, but a little diversity helps to make you not look like a shill. Try to ensure that if you add a deity from a popular series, make sure that it is because they are a good representative for the trope in question, and not just because they are connected to another deity in their respective canon.
- As far as deities from actual mythologies, there is generally an expectation to build the profiles off interactions from fictional portrays rather than basing it entirely from the actual myth. Therefore, a mythological deity should be more of a Composite Character whose main identity is from the actual myth.
- Occasionally there will be Gods that carry a title without a trope. This is not forbidden, but it is well-advised not to abuse them. The only house where trope-less profiles are wholly allowed is the House of Food. Mainly due to most food items lacking tropes, and adding tropes about said foodstuffs is slightly unnecessary. However, the character being ascended for their choice of food, or food-related thing must be a decently good representative of said item. (i.e their Trademark Favorite Food, or something that they are closely associated with In-Universe, or both).
- For Dominions and Treasures profiles, always consider what made those places/objects popular in the first place. Were they plot-important, identifiable imagery or have a unique aspect of it? Do not just bring regular objects under the basis of following a certain canon.
- Do not write in self-promotion or blatant advertising. Minor references to something are fine but writing that clearly intends to advertise something will not be given toleration.
- Some series or genres will eventually have greater representation in the Pantheon than others. This is unavoidable, but a little diversity helps to make you not look like a shill. Try to ensure that if you add a deity from a popular series, make sure that it is because they are a good representative for the trope in question, and not just because they are connected to another deity in their respective canon.
- For Profile Standards:
- Flavor text is used to describe certain things about a character, place, or object. To avoid short ones, it is recommended to write flavor text with 4-7 sentences that can fill around 2 lines each. Be warned that adding too many sentences does not equal good flavor text as it is not an essay of sorts (unless words are substantial and do add to the overall line).
- Character Profiles of a certain person should have the following:
- A portfolio that contains at least 7 (at the minimum) tropes describing their character.
- Flavor text count for a deity profile should have by minimum, 10 (depending on if the character in question has enough relationships/characterization) to 15 with a maximum of 20-25 for an individual profile.
- On the other hand, group profiles (profiles of a group that has 4 or more members) have their maximum flavor text count to 15 minimum, giving individual lines for the other members of the group (unless the members are not as characterized) up to 30 at max.
- Dominion profiles of a certain place should have the following:
- A portfolio that contains at least 5 (at the minimum) tropes describing the context of the place.
- Flavor text count should range at least 10 to 15.
- Treasure profiles (inanimate objects without a trope) should have the following:
- A portfolio that contains at least 6 (at the minimum) tropes that describes the object itself.
- Flavor text count should be at least 7 flavor text up to 12 to constitute a treasure profile.
- Overdeity: Omnipotent-level Reality Warper deities capable of manipulating the entire universe (or at least the world) at will. Within their own universe they are believed to be omnipotent, or at least impossible-to-completely-destroy embodiments or concepts.
- Greater Gods: High-level Reality Warper deities that are extremely powerful (capable of destroying or changing anywhere from a large city to a planet at will) and very strong non-reality warpers capable of doing the same thing.
- Intermediate Gods: Deities at this level are capable of strong but specialized powers such as hydrokinesis, pyrokinesis, etc. without major drawbacks and low-level Reality Warper beings capable of affecting their immediate area at will.
- Lesser Gods: Capable of highly specific or little power on their own, or suffer from Power at a Price. However, they may be able to ruthlessly exploit their power or combine it with just being badass enough to make up for it.
- Demigods: Badass Normal citizens of the pantheon, making up for their lower status with strength, strategy, and/or planning.
- Quasideities: Any otherwise normal human, human equivalent, or below without any special powers or training will fall here.
- An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
- Rank: This can range from Quasideity, Demigod, Lesser God, Intermediate God, Greater God, to Overdeity, based on the representation of power mentioned above.
- Symbol: An image or icon used to represent the deity.
- Theme Song: Official song (in other words, no fan music, regardless of quality) that usually is used in affiliation with the character. If the deity is a musician this will most likely be their Signature Song. If possible, give a link for reference, preferably on either a website like Soundcloud
or YouTube
.
- Alignment: Good, evil, neutral, etc. Forget about The Great Character Alignment Debate here; the Pantheon is one of the few places where you can assign Dungeons & Dragons alignments to characters that don't have an alignment system. After all, the Pantheon is based on D&D and is made for fun.
- For Pokémon deities only:
- Gender: Defines the gender of the Pokémon; if genderless, it instead defines what gender they identify as.
- Ability: Provides the Pokémon's ability. If they can Mega Evolve, the new ability is listed as well.
- Moves: Defines the four moves used by a Pokémon. A Z-Move may also be listed.
- Portfolio: Tropes associated with the character.
- Domains: Things that the character has influence over.
- Herald: Non-ascended loyal character that is from the same series as the ascended character.
- High Priest: Non-ascended like heralds, but not from the same series, and can serve as a worthy replacement in case the deity would be unavailable, incapacitated, dead, or otherwise incapable of carrying out their duties. They can be served as part-time workers in case the originals are busy with some jobs. Co-Godhood is accepted depending on the approval of the originals, usually if the co-deity is from the same series.
- Followers: Non-ascended characters that are not part of the Pantheon, but would probably worship this character by the fact that they share the ascended character's trope.
- Relationships between ascended characters go here with your chosen character, it goes something like this:
- Allies: Members of the Pantheon that are allies, those that share the same values as them and would theoretically be friends with them.
- Rivals: Members of the Pantheon that are rivals, people who may look at your character with suspicion or a challenge.
- Enemies: Members of the Pantheon that are foes, those who would see your chosen character as a threat, either from their perspective or yours.
- Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that do not fit in various relationships (examples include Enemy Mine, Vitriolic Best Buds, Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, Headbutting Heroes, Friendly Enemy, Friendly Rival, Just Friends, etc.), allies, rivals, or enemies.
- Partner: Defines a partnership with an ascended deity and Mon-type. (if any)
- Feared by/Fears: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon notably fear or are feared by.
- Respected by/Respects: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon respect or are respected by.
- Opposed by/Opposes: Not necessarily the same as "Enemies", but this is used for any deity whom the members of the Pantheon directly oppose or are opposed by (basically the opposite of "Respects", "On Good Terms With", and/or "Commonality Connection") in terms of certain viewpoints, regardless of alignment.
- Pitied by/Pities: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon feel pity for or are found pitiable by.
- Conflicting Opinion: Sometimes, the Deities argue over specific themes and philosophies.
- OPTIONAL NOTE FOR CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS: Should the list for Character relationships (IE. Allies, Enemies, etc.) become too big, categorize a certain number of characters to a specific group putting them on a sublist (One example: Luigi is from the same world as his brother Mario, hence Luigi should be fall under the Super Mario Bros sublist.)
- Add the Intro. The intro is made up of two trivia, the Ascension Text (or just the Ascension) and The Bio. Both are necessary, but which order you use for them may vary depending on the profile in question. It may be better for one profile to have The Bio first and the Ascension second or vice-versa, although for the most part, the order is irrelevant:
- The Ascension Text: This is the story of how the character got into the Pantheon and/or was ascended. There are many ways for this to happen. They may be tricked into it or have simply wandered into the Pantheon, they may have had an already ascended character bring them in, they may already be in the Pantheon (via being another deity's Herald or sharing a trope) and got "promoted", or some combination of the above. Anything is possible in the Pantheon, so use your imagination, but try to incorporate their trope into the story, if possible.
- The Bio: A brief synopsis of the character's backstory. No need for the character's entire life/production history, but just give enough that those who don't know the character can get an idea of how the character works.
- Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
- And some more trivia/facts.
- And a couple more.
- Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Deities/Characters is 10-15 (15-20 for group profiles) at minimum to 20-25 (30 for group profiles) at maximum.
- An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
- Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
- Alignment: Refers to the dominion's role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
- Portfolio: Tropes associated with the dominion.
- Domains: Things that the place has links to.
- Relationships (Optional): Unless the location has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as to where the dominion is linked to, note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said dominion, good or evil otherwise.
- Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Dominion is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
- Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
- And some more trivia/facts.
- And a couple more.
- Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Dominions is 10 at minimum to 15 at maximum.
- An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
- Appearance: A shortened description of the item's looks with some notable features also mentioned.
- Class: Refer to the Treasure Classification System in the Great Treasury.
- Alignment: Refers to the objects' role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
- Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
- Museum Check: A note that says whether the item is viewable by the public.
- Portfolio: Tropes associated with the item.
- Domains: Things that the item has links to.
- Relationships (Optional): Unless the item has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as to where the item is linked to (especially the original owner of the item), note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said object, good or evil otherwise.
- Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Treasure is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
- Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
- And some more trivia/facts.
- And a couple more.
- Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Treasures is 7 at minimum to 12 at maximum.
Edited by Tabs on Jun 24th 2024 at 7:51:43 AM
The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps
What's the point of the rules if no one will read it when its taped literally on the top?
Im sorry, its necessary and its managed stuff well. The only real problem is that some people are treating some works as more “hype-worthy” than others, which also completely messes the foundation of the sandbox since its supposed to be applied equally, not targeted at any specific thing. Then they get to this big rant on how it serves no purpose before going off on the failings of the forum and then how they should be elected president of the pantheon to “fix the place” when its really just to eliminate who they see as opponents. Then they talk gets shut down only to crop up half a year later.
Do I go on?
Edited by M1gamiTensei on Apr 18th 2022 at 10:27:04 AM
Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.Just gonna say that I've put the finishing touches on Cortex and am now excepting votes. He'd go in Naming Convention, correct?
Doctor Neo Cortex, God of Brain Themed Names (N. Cortex, Doctor Neo Periwinkle Cortex, Bighead)

- Lesser God
- Symbol: The big "N" on his forehead.
- Theme Song: His Boss fight theme in the First
, Second
, and Third Game
, Cortex Castle
.
- Alignment: Neutral Evil (Sometimes forced to be True Neutral, Neutral Good as a Skylander)
- Portfolio: The Main Villain Of The Series, Mad Scientist Who Specializes In Mutating Animals, Simultaneously Hammy And Hilarious, A Large Misfortune Magnet Who's Netherless Fairly Dangerous, Either Polite and Cordial Or Cranky and Irritable Depending On His Mood, Bald of Evil, Technically Crash's Creator, Raised In A Circus, Deep, Sinister Voice, Became Evil Out Of A Desire For Respect Only To Slowly Ditch His Motive As The Series Progresses, Big Headed Geniuses, Occasionally Teams Up With the Bandicoots To Take Out A Bigger Threat Only To Betray Them Immediately Afterwards
- Domains: Science, Mutation, Naming, Inventions
- Allies: N. Gin, Tiny Tiger, Pinstripe Potoroo, Ripto, Dr. Eggman, Dr. Wily, Dr. Nefarious, Bowser, Mojo Jojo, Hugh Bliss, Kaa (sometimes)
- Enemies:
- From His World: Crash Bandicoot, Coco, Crunch, Aku Aku, Tawna, Dingodile, The Evil Twins
- Others: Spyro, Sonic, Ratchet and Clank, Mega Man, Razputin Aquato
- Friendly Enemies With: The Skylanders
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork With: Uka Uka, N. Brio, Kaos
- Opposes: Dr. Nefarious Tropy, Nitros Oxide, Ultron
- Special Relationship: Nina Cortex (His Niece)
- Dr. Neo Periwinkle Cortex is an ambitious Mad Scientist out for world domination. and the arch-enemy of Crash Bandicoot. Initially planning to mutate and brainwash a batch of animals to use to take over the world out of revenge for being mistreated, one of his most promising creations, Crash, ended up escaping, who then preceded to completely wreck both Cortex's plan and his castle. Recovering from that defeat, he quickly changed plans to collecting enough Power Crystals to power a mind control device to hypnotize and enslave the world with, only to once again be stopped by Crash when he attempted to dupe him into collecting the crystals for him. Ever since then, the doctor has made it his life's goal of finally eliminating that infernal bandicoot so that he can conquer unopposed, his boss Uka Uka eventually getting involved and soon adopts the same mindset. While Cortex is generally bumbling and unlucky, with his plans often ending in humiliating defeat for him, his formidable skills in an actual fight, alongside the occasionally well made scheme, has kept him a threat to the bandicoots throughout their entire lives.
- This longtime grudge extended to the Pantheon, where he had ascended for almost as along as Crash had been there. Initially, it was just the two of them, where Cortex allied himself with the resident mad doctors of the realm to combat his fuzzy nemesis, while Crash did the same thing. Overtime, however, more of their allies and enemies started joining them, either by Crash or Cortex ascending them to help fight each other, or they just happened to come across the Pantheon by chance. More importantly, the court started realizing that Cortex's initial title, They Called Me Mad!, didn't quite fit anymore: sure, it was initially his core motivation to get back at those who called him mad, but overtime he became consumed with both taking out Crash and committing evil for evils sake, leaving his motivation a mere footnote afterwards. Cortex was fully aware of this, and so proposed he'd take Brain Themed Names since his own name is a pun on the cerebral cortex and ended up inspiring similarly Punny Names for the other villains (or as he called it, "hogging my style"). The court agreed to the change, and Cortex resumed his previous role otherwise uninterrupted.
- His relationship with some of his allies is... strained, to say the least. The most notable would be his "boss" Uka-Uka, a horrendous boss that regularly belittles and abuses the poor doctor for his many failures and while Cortex was at first merely scared of him, he soon grew to hate him and attempted a few times to overthrow him, something that Uka Uka is fully aware of and often also tries to replace him. It's not a stretch to say that the only reason that they haven't killed each other yet is because they're each others best shot at world domination. He's barley any more friendly with his former assistant Dr. Nitrous Brio, mostly for the time he sabotaged his hypnotization plot out of revenge for being mistreated. It is shown that they work together far better than with Uka Uka, but don't be surprised if they start subtly taking jabs at each other. Out of all of his "allies", however, he straight up despises N. Tropy for constantly replacing him and hijacking his plans, with one of his schemes having him nearly reset the universe and take Cortex with it, forcing Cortex to team up with the Bandicoots to stop him. Ever since that scheme, he's been more than happy to sabotage any plan Tropy comes up with just to spite him, a sentiment that Tropy is all too eager to share.
- Seeing as he's an Evil Genius that, on a good day, can be honestly pretty chummy with those he likes (Emphasis on a good day, he can be pretty cranky and rude on a bad one), he's naturally good friends with his fellow pantheon Mad Scientists, Doctors Eggman, Wily and Nefarious. All three of them find his expertise in mind control and mutating animals, with him often combining both to create loyal minions to do his dirty work, fairly useful in their schemes, and Cortex just finds the fact they aren't as failure prone or treacherous as his other allies a nice change of pace. They are aware of Cortex's bumbling streak and how unlucky the guy could be, but he otherwise proves himself to at least be competent at what he does, and hey, it's not like they had it much better sometimes. All four can usually be seen together at a pub, scheming to take out their enemies, sharing and exchanging their latest plans, or just generally hanging out in their free time. Unfortunately, he also ended up making enemies with their respective nemesis's, specifically Sonic, Ratchet and Clank, and Mega Man, who have each taken turns fighting the doctor. Usually, they tend to not take him as seriously as the other villains, and while that usually just pisses Cortex off, there are a few occasions where he showed them that he could be a legitimate threat, though they're often followed up by humiliating defeat as usual.
- If there's one enemy from an alternant universe that he finds himself fighting most often, it's Spyro the Dragon. The story goes that one day, the maniacal Rynoc wizard Ripto teamed up with Cortex to take out their respective enemies, doing so by disguising their minions as Crash and Spyro. By doing so, they'll trick them into fighting and destroying each other, leaving the diabolical duo free to conquer both worlds unopposed. Unfortunately, the heroes quickly caught on to their plan and teamed up to take them out, forcing Ripto and Cortex to use their combined armies to try and kill them, an attempt that, needless to say, ended miserably. Even worse, the whole incident ended with Crash and Spyro becoming friends, with the purple dragon more than happy to help Crash roast Cortex's behind. If nothing else, it also resulted in Rypto becoming a close ally, and the two will gladly team up if the situation calls for it, even barring the occasional bickering that inevitably comes with pairing two egomaniacs up. While he was glad to see that Ripto was also in the pantheon alongside a few other villains from his world, his pride was immediately replaced by dismay as he learned that not only had Spyro had ascended, but so did a majority of his allies as well, all of whom will take a shot at the doctor if given the chance. Anytime he's fought Spyro, he's forced to team up with Ripto and company just to even the playing field.
- Sometimes, Cortex is forced to team up with the bandicoots to take out a bigger threat, usually just to save his own hide. Usually, he ends up double crossing the bandicoots and returns to his usual evil ways afterwards. However, one particular occasion, he ended up joining the Skylanders of all people alongside Crash after an incident involving Fake Crash ended with them getting involved, even becoming a Sensei for training the new Imaginators. While his time as a Skylander made it abundantly clear that he was gonna return to his evil ways once he's done with them, he ended up enjoying his time with them thanks to being treated with a surprising amount of respect from the team, who're no strangers to allowing villains joining as long as they behave themselves. It was reported that he even left on oddly amicable terms, and while he now faces them as enemies in the Pantheon, he treats them with much more respect than he does with his other enemies. Plus, it actually ended up discovering another villain who joined the Skylanders temporally: Bowser, the King of Koopas himself, who ended up stranded in Skylands alongside Donkey Kong and joined the Skylanders after he was essentially bribed with a new car. The two ended up bonding over their time doing good and can be seen teaming up to face the army.
- The same cannot be said, however, for their arch-nemesis Kaos, who he ended up fighting during his time on the team. It's less that he finds him too evil for his tastes (he actually thinks he's rather tame), it's just that he finds him an insufferable moron who underbakes his plans and only occasionally gets lucky with his schemes. Unfortunately, since he's against the Skylanders, he's often forced to team up with the sorcerer in an effort to combat them. For the record, Kaos also dislikes Cortex: putting aside the whole "he was once a member of my most hated enemies" thing, he just finds his overbearing ego and embarrassing screwups annoying (Yes, the irony is completely lost on him). They're willing to at least try to work together, but it'll be full of bickering and insults towards each other.
- Most gods think that his origins started at the Academy of Evil, an evil boarding school that he grew up in where he was taught to do evil, and where he carried out his first experiment with his pet parrots. What few gods actually know is that it went further than that: he was first raised in a circus and belonged to a family of performers, which tragically came to an end when a "freak" explosion seemingly killed everyone but Cortex, who was then taken in by the Academy to be raised as the evil scientist we all know today. Cortex does not have fond memories of being a carnie and generally keeps the fact to himself, though that hasn't stopped some from finding out about this, to his dismay (Hey, we never said he was good at hiding it). One of these gods was Razputin Aquato, another performer and junior Psychonaut, who was once sent out to stop the mad doctor from carrying out one of his mass brainwashing schemes and had run astray of his poorly hidden diary. When Cortex found out, he attempted to resonate with him and paint himself as a Tragic Villain, only to be immediately shot down by Raz, who was part of a slightly embarrassing but otherwise loving family of performers and thinks Cortex is giving people like him a bad name. Cue ass whooping by Raz. The fact that, as Raz deduced, it was very likely Cortex himself who caused the explosion that killed his own family did not help matters at all.
- His biggest regret by far is the fact that, by not testing the Cortex Vortex before using it, he was responsible for the creation of Crash Bandicoot, who proceeded to be the biggest factor behind his defeats. He was responsible for Coco and Crunch as well, with Coco undergoing tests around the same time as her brother only to end up escaping through a hatch, and Crunch was a successfully hypnotized weapon used against Crash that ended up snapping out of it and escaping alongside the two. His regret was so great, that one of his closest victories involved him going back in time just to stop himself from experimenting on him, only to end up being the reason why the CV rejected Crash in the first place. It's this very fact that led him to sincerely bond with Mojo Jojo, a supervillain monkey and sworn nemesis of the Powerpuff Girls, who eventually discovered that it was his recklessness as Professor Utonium's lab monkey that ended up creating the girls, a fact that drove him completely bonkers when he found out. He also thought that befriending Ultron, a robot villain who was created by renowned hero Ant-Man, would be a fun form of irony considering his origins, only to nope the hell out of there when he realized that the guy was an immoral nutjob that would absolutely kill him the first chance he got. Either way, some villains have come to see Cortex as a fine example of how villains end up creating their worst enemies and how badly that could go.
- If there's one thing that he could match Crash in regarding skills, it's kart racing of all things. As it turns out, Crash and his friends have found themselves racing each other in karts a few times, with Cortex and his minions joining in during all of them, usually just so he can try to show up Crash. It's generally one of the few times where he isn't trying to kill the bandicoots, though he'll usually still be opposed to them: He participated in the "Survival of the Fastest" Tournament to save both the earth and his own hide, was forced to compete in Emperor Velo's tournament, and joined the search for Von Clutch's power gems so that he could claim Motorworld for himself. If anyone's wondering about his skills, he's roughly the same as Crash: A Jack of All Stats who's balanced across the board, making up for not particularly specializing in anything by being good at all three stats. His habit of racing carried over to the Pantheon, where he frequently challenges Crash to races when he's in a good mood, though some sources say he does it so that he has an excuse to throw dangerous weaponry at him and not get reprimanded for it for once. One time he even found himself invited to a Mario Kart tournament consisting of the Pantheon's residents alongside Crash, though he ultimately rejected it on the basis that he was working on something at the time (Yes, another scheme to hypnotize the pantheon, why'd you ask?)
- Alongside his Evilutionary Biologist gimmick, he's also fond of hypnotizing others to do his bidding, most often his very creations so that they have less of a chance of turning on him, most prominently shown when he created and brainwashed an entire army of brutish "titans" during his stay on Whumpa Island using magical Mojo. He knew that the Pantheon would be big enough that there had to be someone that could help him with his hypnosis projects, and sure enough he ended up encountering Hugh Bliss, the leader of a cult that was secretly behind a conspiracy involving mass hypnotism, cumulating in him attempting to, and briefly succeeding at, brainwash the world to be as happy as him so that he can feed off of their happiness. After Cortex got used to how bizarre the sentient mass of bacteria was, he realized that he was pretty gung-ho about helping Cortex as long as he got to feed on some happiness, supplying the doctor with some items that'll secretly hypnotize the victim. He also managed to convince the hypnotic snake Kaa to help him in exchange for some food, but he found Kaa to be much trickier to work with: while one version is fairly good at delivering victims to the doctor, another one was far more failure prone and bumbling, and one version flat out wanted nothing to do with Cortex and his schemes, to his frustration. He'll still hire the snake as he's good at what he does, he has to make sure he's talking to the right one first before acting.
@Dood
I have nothing else to suggest and he looks beefy enough so
I think Naming Theme fits his trope better.
Edited by Excessive-Menace on Apr 18th 2022 at 10:32:37 AM
SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
Dr Cotex
Thank you Azure Legacy, I will rework/merge the sun and moon Greek deities now
I am in a mood to improve the Olympians' profiles. I have a couple rework/trope change ideas for two of Zeus' kids. What do you guys think?
- Dionysus, God of Hedonistic Immortals (Hall of Forms of Immortality, Chaotic Neutral)-I seek to rework Bacchus. His profile is isn't that developed, and his current trope is explicit to his Smite incarnation. Why do I think he should have this trope? He is the literal god of hedonism, is constantly sleeping around with Anything That Moves and is constantly hammered and drunk. Dionysus/Bacchus cults and festivals were primarily for marginalized groups where they would drink and be hedonistic as a form of liberation. He's also a god of madness. However Beware the Silly Ones is still in effect
- Hephaestus, God of Divinites With A Handicap (Hall of Disabilities)-Vulcan rework. His profile comes off as underdeveloped, and doesn't have enough interactions outside his family. Forged by the Gods is more a trope for the forged item than the forger. So here's why I think he fits Disabled Deity. Born The Grotesque, he was flung off Mt Olympus and as a result his legs were crippled. His peers don't respect him.
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I’m actually against the trope change for Hephaestus/Vulcan
. While I agree that his profile can use a rework, I think he should stick with his current trope. As for Dionysus/Bacchus, how about making him the God of Wine instead? It’s what he’s known for, and it’ll save up a trope.
Edited by AzureLegacy on Apr 19th 2022 at 7:10:52 AM
Apologies for the small pictures- that's all the site could muster.
The Scrybes, Collective Gods of Magic Floppy Disks

- Intended House: Machinery
- Greater Gods
- Symbol: Their four Inscrybing objects: Grimora's Quill, Leshy's Camera, P03's Scanner, and Magnificus' Paintbrush
- Theme Song: The Four Scrybes
- Alignment: Neutral Evil to each other, Neutral Good for anyone playing their campaigns (unless it's P03)
- Portfolio: Affably Evil, take part in a Gambit Pileup, hail from a Card Battle Game
- Leshy: The Beastmaster, Druid, Plant Person, has a Magical Camera
- Grimora: Necromancer, Token Good Teammate, destroys the game to prevent you from seeing OLD_DATA
- P03: TV Head Robot, Bad Boss, Jerkass, Munchkin
- Magnificus: Wizard Classic, Plant Person, The Chessmaster, Crazy-Prepared, Bad Boss
- Domains: Cards, Polymorphing, Data, Control
- Allies: Harth Stonebrew
- Friendly Rivals With: Yugi Muto, Yami Yugi, Seto Kaiba, The Skylanders, Sora and Shiro, the EBF Party (all of them) the Beast Handlers (but particularly Rexxar, Malfurion (Leshy), Xul (Grimora)
- Enemies: Luxord, all Nazis in the Pantheon
- Confused By: Angela
- Interested In: the Pony Island arcade machine
- The game Inscryption is a card game created by the company GameFuna, and features four powerful Scrybes in charge of it- Leshy, Scrybe of Beasts, Grimora, Scrybe of the Dead, P03, Scrybe of Technology, and Magnificus, Scrybe of Magicks. These four Scrybes always infight, and whomever has control over the game usually is the one the player faces, unless the others intervene. But hidden within the game is something known as "OLD_DATA", which all of them are fearful of.
- A young man named Luke Carder found a copy of the game upon a floppy disc one day and began to play it. Leshy was the only Scrybe active at that time. He had turned the other three into cards with his camera- P03 was a Stoat, Grimora a Stinkbug, and Magnificus a Stunted Wolf. However, Luke was able to solve puzzles set by Magnificus to free them and use Leshy's own camera on him, allowing him to reset the game.
- In the reset game, Luke's character then went on a journey to challenge the Scrybes and replace one of his choosing. But P03 had other ideas, hijacking the game and creating its own campaign. While he played with Luke, he used the time to upload the game to the Internet via Luke's Wifi. After the completion of the task, the other Scrybes destroyed P03, but Grimora chose to delete the game to ensure no one could see the OLD_DATA, and each Scrybe played one last game with Luke as their world was deleted. Sadly for Grimora, the plan failed. The OLD_DATA was not deleted. Luke saw it and subsequently asked GameFuna about it. In turn, he was then murdered by an employee named Amanda, who retrieved the floppy disk- but GameFuna was unaware of the game being uploaded to the Internet, which is where our story begins.
- It was one day in the Pantheon that Inscryption had found its way to a computer, though no one is quite sure how it was downloaded. Either way, Yugi Muto was in the midst of playing the game- quite well, as one might expect- and had just beaten Leshy and reset the game when, just like with the Doki Doki Literature Club, a bolt of stray magic from Discord struck the computer, and the four Scrybes came tumbling out.
- When they came to, P03 realized that it had succeeded in its goal of trying to upload the game, and looked very pleased with itself. The other three Scrybes were about to destroy P03 when Yugi stopped them, pointing out that there was little they could do now that he had succeeded. Questioning what to do now, Yugi suggested the Scrybes throw aside their differences and bring their game to the Pantheon. The Scrybes quickly agreed, but on one condition- Yugi was to play each of their campaigns and beat them should they stay. Yugi did so, bringing along Yami Yugi to help him out. While most of the Scrybes were confused at him growing into an older form, P03 brushed it off as "just some sort of silly trick".
- The Court of the Gods decided that, as their tale had come to fruition because of a floppy disk, the four would each collectively receive Magic Floppy Disk as their trope. They then were given an area consisting of each of their respective territories as seen in the second act of the game, and all four of them have complete dominion over them. There will also be no replacing a Scrybe, as that would screw with their rankings.
- The Scrybes tend to keep to themselves for the most part, but if anyone wants to play with them, they tend to allow them to do so. The Scrybes are no longer allowed to kill their opponent if they win and seal them in a card, but simply to allow them to leave with a card pack so they can try again with a better deck, and they receive extra card packs if they win, and they also retain cards removed from their deck during boss fights (such as by Leshy using a pick axe as a Prospector to turn them into gold veins). There is also a 24 hour wait time as to when a Scrybe can be challenged by a God, but they will be allowed to challenge the others in that time period.
- As a result of their association with Yugi, the Scrybes have been trying to find more card games to play to broaden their horizons. While they have taken up playing Duel Monsters and some have even gone up against Seto Kaiba, they have also been sighted playing Hearthstone at Harth's Inn. P03, for its part, has begun trying to grasp the rules as best he can, but noted that with a new one added each expansion, it gets hectic.
- The Skylanders have a card game themselves called Skystones, where characters are printed onto stones and used in a game to determine who is the better player, though rules vary. They also jumped on the chance to play Inscryption, and those of the Life, Undead, Tech, and Magic elements found common ground with each of the Scrybes and are some of their most frequent opponents.
- There's also the siblings of Sora and Shiro, who enjoy playing games of all varieties. They found Inscryption to be very fun, and noted that they enjoyed Leshy's narration as they played with him, as it gave the game more life. They didn’t like that P03 did the opposite and basically set up an Excuse Plot for his campaign, and that P03 was pretty rude to them, dismissing their winning streak as "dumb luck".
- The Scrybes also learned about Angela and her Library, and discovered it was very similar to their operation. That being said, they did find many of the creatures there to be disturbing, as all of them thought they were too dangerous to be used for cards. It didn’t help that one of them tried to gouge out one of Magnificus' eyes, which Leshy did to him when turning him into the Stunted Wolf.
- The EBF party often finds themselves playing with the Scrybes, and they often find new creatures for them to use as cards. It helps they also capture fauna and robots, which made them get along well with Leshy and P03. In particular, P03 bonded the most with Lance, who is just as pragmatic and selfish as he is, and P03 actually prefers to be more polite to him when he plays with him.
- That being said, they don’t like Luxord, in part because his involvement in Organization XIII is too immoral for them, even by their standards, and that their use of world destroying Heartless reminds them of Grimora destroying the game in a bid to prevent Luke from seeing the OLD_DATA (and Grimora herself sees destroying worlds for no reason as pointless). They have all refused to play any campaigns with him, no matter how much he tries. Even P03 doesn't want to do it, as Luxord likes relying on luck, whereas P03 prefers skill.
- They have often been found near the Pony Island arcade machine, examining it to figure out how it works. None of them like it, since it was created by the Devil to steal souls. Fortunately, due to the Devil having no idea how to playtest his game, it rarely works. P03, of course, is the most interested, and thinks himself immune to the effects of it, as robots do not have souls to steal.
- In truth, the OLD_DATA contains what is known as the Karnoffel Code, which is the launch code for a secret Nazi weapon of catastrophic proportions, which was obtained by the Soviet troops that entered the Fuhrerbunker and found Hitler's corpse. As such, the various Nazis in the Pantheon have been trying to hack the game to figure out what the code is so they can activate the weapon. However, they have proved unsuccessful, as none of the minions of the Scrybes will cooperate with them.
- Exclusive to Leshy:
- As the Scrybe of Beasts, Leshy resides in a cabin on the top right corner of the Scrybes' realm. His Beast cards focus on a Blood mechanic, where sacrificing them will allow you to play better cards. He creates his cards with a wildlife camera, taking pictures of animals to use. Leshy also likes to worldbuild as he plays with his foe, applying vivid descriptions to his games.
- Occasionally, Leshy ventures to the House of Beasts and Fauna to find new animals to make into cards. He is more kind than most, often taking pictures of animals that are dead or about to die. In doing this, he gives the animal a new life so that they can play forever in his version of the game.
- The Beast Handlers, including Mafurion and Rexxar, often help Leshy in this endevour and play his version of the game with him when they have the chance. He also has the rare distinction of being a deity who made them laugh, as his portrayal of his Prospector minion proved to be quite enjoyable.
- Exclusive to Grimora:
- Grimora's locale is a crypt on the bottom right corner of the realm, and she creates cards by using her quill. Her cards rely on a Bone mechanic, where a card dying will give the player a bone to play a stronger card. Her game also has a tabletop mechanic when advancing, where the player moves a figure around her board. She is the nicest of all the Scrybes, though her decision to destroy her game has gained criticism from some.
- The House of Death and Postmortem has often loaned Grimora some corpses for her to turn into cards. These corpses tend to be from creatures who died in ways where revival isn’t possible. Grimora, in turn, allows the major players at the House of Death to play her version of the game for fun.
- From there, Grimora met Xul, a rare heroic Necromancer, and invited him to play with her. Xul felt unnerved at first, but quickly agreed, and discovered that her version of the game was very, very enjoyable. As such, Xul often has Grimora help him whenever he's in trouble, and she often joins him in battle with her formidable powers over death.
- Exclusive to P03:
- As you’ve probably deduced by now, P03 is not a nice robot, but he doesn't seem to care. His domain is a factory in the top left corner where he scans robots for better cards, and he seems to care only about the meta of any given game. Similar to Hearthstone, his cards rely on energy, and the player gains some more at the start of every turn. His campaign sees the player explore a realm called Botopia, and battle his four Uberbots. Some report that he has claimed that he wants to delete files on computers for one of his boss fights, but, in his own words, "I'm in the real world. I can’t do that anymore."
- P03 often goes around the House of Technology, trying to find abandoned robots to use for his scanner. He usually picks ones he thinks look interesting, or those who are clearly beyond repair. He does, however, tend to avoid ones that try to fight back, seeing as how his belief the other Scrybes could not touch him lead to his death.
- Exclusive to Magnificus:
- Magnificus resides in a tower on the bottom left corner, and he puts his students through brutal trials to become cards via his magic paintbrush. His cards rely on Mox, of which the player can gain more via putting down a card of that respective type. It's reported that his games often act similar to Duel Monsters duels, where the player has a large amount of HP and whomever reaches the end first wins.
- As you have probably expected, Magnificus likes to visit the House of Magic and Sorcery to find willing students who wish to be transformed into cards. Those who try are often subject to some very cruel acts to prove themselves. These include being turned to slime, being reduced to a head on a pike, and being deprived of light. That being said, they know the risks but choose to do it anyway.
@Dood:
for Cortex.
A couple of profile suggestions from me:
- Eric Packer (Absurdly Long Limousine): As a billionaire, Packer has one and much of the story is set inside that high-tech limo while going to his barber (and limos are discussed every now and then in the story), with the vehicle symbolizing just how detached he is from the real world even as his life falls apart.
- The Drillers (Digging Game): A rework/expansion of Taizo Hori's lackluster profile that also includes the other playable drillers: Susumu Hori (Taizo's son), Anna Hottenmeyer (a rival from Germany), Ataru Hori (Susumu's older brother), dog Puchi, robot Holinger-Z, and rabbit Usagi. Where the Dig Dug series (where Taizo originated from) involved digging underground to defeat monsters, the Mr. Driller series involves digging to the bottom of the stage by eliminating colored blocks and keeping an eye on the Oxygen Meter.
Edited by r-lock256 on Apr 19th 2022 at 11:55:14 AM
Cortex has changed tropes and houses and is ready to get his ass whooped once again.
While I'm here, imma drop off a proposal and a rework:
- Jakobs for New Old West: One of the many corperations found in the series, as well as one of the few benevolent ones, they're entirely themed around a wild west, selling semi-auto pistols, shotguns, snipers and bolt action rifles, which are often made of wood and pack even more of a punch as their competition, which tends to be more futuristic in comparison. Any story involving them tends to have more of a western theme as well.
- Dr. Nitrus Brio for Psycho Serum (Rework): Dr. Cortex's former assistant turned rival, every appearance he's had has him weaponize his serums, which he's constantly experimenting with, to combat the bandicoots by drinking it, turning him into various creatures to gain the upper hand. His original profile has some short and lacking texts and interactions.
Edited by DoodSlayer136 on Apr 19th 2022 at 1:23:36 AM
for the Scrybes and also
for N. Brio's rework, abstaining on the Jakobs manufacturers for now.
Finished my profile for the Glukkons, and I also have 3
s on Abe's profile
from Excessive-Menace, CrimsonShark, and KaoticKanine, so I'd appreciate that profile getting approvals as well.
Evaluation Mode
The Glukkons, Unholy Race of Negatively-Portrayed Capitalism (Molluck: The Meanest Boss in the World, Boss; Aslik: Vice President Aslik, CEO Ludwig von Aslik)

- Potential Hall: Commerce (Commercial Archetypes)
- Quasideities
- Symbol: The Magog Cartel logo
- Theme Songs:
- Molluck: RuptureFarms
- The Boss Glukkons
- Director Phleg: Necrum
- General Dripik: Slig Barracks
- Aslik: FeeCO Depot
, The Hijack/Feeco Depot/The Yard
- Morguer and the Brewmaster: The Old Trellis/Slig Barracks/Necrum Mines/Soulstorm Brewery (Calm,
Medium Alert,
and High Alert versions)
- The Brewmaster only: Soulstorm
Brewery
- Director Phleg: Necrum
- Molluck: RuptureFarms
- Alignments: Generally Lawful Evil or Neutral Evil
- Portfolios:
- The Entirety of the Species: Cigar Chompers, Corrupt Corporate Executives, Didn't Think This Through, apparently don't look kindly on insurance fraud schemes, Glowing Eyes of Doom, Greed, Idle Rich, the Queens are driven by their desire for immortality, No OSHA Compliance, Top-Heavy Guys, former allies of the Mudokons
- Molluck: Bad Boss, Big Bad (of Oddysee), trying to get Abe (or at least his corpse) before the Magog Cartel gets ''him'', Evil Sounds Deep, Guttural Growler, has been blinded in his left eye by lightning, blamed for the destruction of RuptureFarms, Red Eyes, Take Warning, Hair-Trigger Temper, scared of the Magog Cartel, the only Glukkon to know and acknowledge that Abe exists, Pragmatic Villainy, wore a purple suit as the CEO of RuptureFarms
- Glukkon Bosses of Abe's Exoddus / Soulstorm: only Aslik makes it into Soulstorm, Beware the Silly Ones, Big Bad Triumvirate, Contrasting Sequel Antagonist (especially in Exoddus), Molluck's co-workers under the Magog Cartel until they start blaming him for the destruction of RuptureFarms, Entertainingly Wrong, Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal, Terrible Trio, Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey
- Aslik: Bad Boss (in Exoddus), Big Bad Wannabe, Dragon with an Agenda, I Can Rule Alone, Faux Affably Evil, Punny Name, Smug Snake
- General Dripik: All Crimes Are Equal, Armchair Military, Bling of War, General Failure, Hypocritical Humour, name is a play on "drool-dripping moron", keeps forgetting his own name
- Director Phleg: NO INDOOR VOICE, name is a play on "phlegm", Social Climber, Suspiciously Specific Denial, Villainous Breakdown
- Morguer: similar role to Director Phleg while having a voice similar to General Dripik, Dirty Coward, stiffed his own paramilitary security team and assumed they'd stay loyal to him
- The Brewmaster: Big Bad (in Soulstorm), For Science!, Funetik Aksent, Labcoat of Science and Medicine (actually a chef's outfit), Mad Scientist, No Name Given, his obsession with blaming Molluck leads to the latter having him whacked
- Domains: Greed, Industrialism, Gluttony, Corporations, Evil, Pollution, Black Magic (former)
- Heralds: The Sligs, The Vykkers
- Allies: The Corpus, Hexxus, Dr. Fetus, Dr. Eggman, Pokemon Hunter J, Chairman Drek, Former Cipher Pol 9
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Lex Luthor, The Factory
- Opposes: All of the Good-aligned reporters within the hall of Investigative Work
- Opposed by: The Good-aligned deities of the House of Commerce, Captain B. McCrea, Amon, Communist deities in general
- Complicated Relationship with: Lord Crumb, Black Doom
- Enemies: Abraham "Abe" Lure, the Hall of Nature Preservers, the House of Beasts and Fauna in general, Chen Stormstout (primarily against the Soulstorm Brewmaster), The New Alliance Of Free Stars, The Enterprise Crew, Jack Tenrec, Stanley Pines
- Occasional object of ridicule for: Mr. Burns
- Once upon a time, the Glukkons and Mudokons co-existed peacefully on Oddworld. When a series of meteor strikes gave the moon a face like a Mudokon's pawprint, this was interpreted as a sign that the Mudokons were to be the Chosen Race, the supreme species of Oddworld. This made the Glukkons jealous, and after a disaster involving dark magic nearly resulted in their extinction, they spurned magic entirely and turned to capitalism and business, to the point where they began enslaving races such as the Mudokons for cheap labor and drove other species to extinction for food and, more importantly to them, profit. Of course, thanks to the efforts of Abe the Mudokon — and later, Munch the Gabbit — Glukkon economy and prosperity has taken a considerable hit, not that they'll ever tell you themselves.
- C. Montgomery Burns decided he needed more allies, more like-minded people to ascend to the Pantheon. As he searched all the worlds from his perch in the Pantheon, he found an entire race of such people: the Glukkons of Oddworld. However, after he saw their advertisements, how they treat their employees — especially their Mudokon slaves — and, most importantly, their short-sighted work ethic (for example, rather than farm animals for their meat, RuptureFarms would hunt a species to extinction and then move on to the next), he realized a partnership with them may not be wise. However, by the time he realized this, the Glukkons had already been ascended by someone else — no one knows who. Burns is neutral to the race in general, but when a short-sighted business plan bites a Glukkon company in the ass, the least he'll do is scoff at their incompetence and continue with his day.
- Two of the important members of the Glukkon race — Aslik and the Brewmaster — are physically those of the Soulstorm timeline, but also have memories from the original timeline (where Aslik was "Vice President" instead of "CEO"). Both are embarrassed by the errors they made in that timeline, and humiliated by having to properly acknowledge Abe as a genuine threat to their operations, though in private.
- Needless to say, Abe and the other Mudokons were upset to learn that their oppressors had been ascended, and the Glukkons were, in turn, unhappy to learn that the escaped Mudokon slaves had made it into the Pantheon before them. Glukkon officials still try to hide the truth of what happened involving the Mudokons and the factories they once worked at, but more aware Glukkon citizens are slowly but surely learning the truth, and the rest of the Pantheon likewise growing wary of the Glukkons' unethical plans. Of course, the demand needed to keep their workers and opposers in check was growing greater and greater by the day, but there were plenty of more amoral deities that had their price for keeping business stable.
- The Glukkon's very overt and hardly subtle treatment of not only nature, but their employees in general have made things very difficult for the Glukkons to get more good connections with other corporations, who would rather not let their PR tank from being public allies with the Glukkons. While their products do have some appeal and they attempt to hide their darker actions from the public, experienced merchants and businessmen know better. Some like Grunkle Stan even took advantage of their desire to expand in the Pantheon's business network to pull off some scams out of some Glukkon Chumps, Wanna-Bes and even a Big Cheese once. Another big figure in the Pantheon's business expansions that the Glukkons wanted to work with was Lex Luthor, a businessman who fared much better with handling reputation, even with more direct opposers like his nemesis, Superman. The Glukkons ended up having a really hard time to gain Lex Luthor's support, given that Lex Luthor not only has a disliking toward rivalling aliens, but even he was sickened by not only some of the actions the Glukkons have committed, but how inefficient and blatant they were at times. Luthor eventually gave into the Magog Cartel's pleadings, but even then, Lex Luthor made it very clear that their cooperation was going to be secret, and that Luthor would be the one to hold much of the reins in their deals, with Luthor attempting to help the Glukkons integrate into the Pantheon better, but not without ensuring that the Glukkons would have to use some of their men and resources to help him out as well.
- That said, Molluck isn't with the other Glukkons, due to the shut-down of his business courtesy of Abe. While the other Glukkons want Molluck dead as a result of the perceived incompetency of Molluck, there are rumors of Molluck and a renegade group of Sligs wandering the Pantheon, with hidden agendas of their own, and collaborating with other shady deities in the Pantheon. Given that neither the Mudokons nor the other Glukkons want to see him again, Molluck's reasons for keeping a low profile are justified.
- When it came to working with other deities renowned for their cruelty, the Glukkons had found a decent business partner in Dr. Fetus, who provided loads of dangerous technology, factories, and grinderies to provide to them, and devices for disposing unwanted employees. Dr. Fetus also doubles as handy security for any do-gooders snooping around the Glukkons' factories, hunting them down with the goal of rending them into pieces. That said, whenever they make deals with Dr. Fetus, they usually send Sligs or poorly-earning Glukkons to do the job, after learning that Dr. Fetus has a tendency to kill off
other business representatives at the flip of a coin. Then there's The Factory, obsessed with making all sorts of chaotic and anomalous entities and creations, with no care for morals whatsoever. While the Glukkons generally like their style, cooperation with each other in business is difficult, but it isn't particularly because of Glukkons having decent moral standards. It's that even with blatantly safety-ignorant and threat-downplaying commercial makers and propaganda producers in the Glukkon industry, the stuff that The Factory creates is that crazy enough to make such products quite the difficult sale for the Glukkons unless the Glukkons make The Factory tone down their creations a bit, which the latter isn't fond of doing. Dr. Eggman in comparison has been easier to work with, with great technology to buy and the appeal of roboticizing employees for the sake of business isn't lost on the Glukkons.
- On top of how they often work with industry-focused deities that are apathetic or downright malicious to the environment, the Glukkons are responsible for countless offenses toward their ecosystem, from their pollution prone factories to bringing plenty of animal species to extinction for the sake of making products. It leaves little to wonder about why many within both the House of Beasts and the House of Nature alike, the Nature Preservers especially, want to see their businesses crumble apart, burn to ash, and be trampled upon a thousand times, in that order. Individuals like Captain McCrea or Jack Tenrec see the industrialized world that the Glukkons have created as nothing but a loathsome world doomed to a disasterous fate from their ecosystems' long-term deterioration. And then there are those who thrive in the pollution-filled worlds they cause, like Hexxus or Chairman Drek, the latter of which looked upon the Glukkons' factories with pure joy. The Magog Cartel would become acquainted with Drek in order to buy a share for the latter's benefit, while the Glukkons would gain some influence in interplanetary television, mainly for advertising Glukkon products.
- Chen Stormstout and his high priest were incensed to learn there was now a very immoral "brewmaster" in the Pantheon. When Chen had heard of what the Soulstorm Brew did to anyone who drank it, namely its strong inducement of addiction to the product, and even worse, making its withdrawal literally deadly to its consumers, he gathered his allies and proceeded to stage a rampage to deliver the Glukkons an impactful message. With the brew having been used to keep their Mudokon workers in check, essentially giving them a liquid Explosive Leash, the Glukkons were hoping to deliver new variants of the brew to the Hall of Alcohol to gain some positive influence over it. Stormstout's attacks on the responsible factories ended up busting the operation before delivery could even begin, despite their Slig guards having been ready to defend the factories, and it hardly helped that said brew was highly flammable.
The Brewmaster: "Well, there goes all of our investments into a new "sweet" flavoring..."
- Magic as a subject doesn't get taken well by the Glukkons, with many of them being very dismissive of magic, spiritualism, alchemy, and all the like. The much greater presence of magicians and wizards in the Pantheon has done little to change their opinion, and the Magog Cartel sees investing in magic as a waste of time overall. Considering that long ago, the Glukkons did try to compete with the Mudokons in mysticism in a lost age known as "The Age of Alchemy", which failed miserably, it's understandable why the Glukkons would think that way. And considering that putting their time into big business has gone much better for them, it's no wonder that the Glukkons have not a care in the world for magic and its wonders until it directly bites them in their rears (which considering Glukkon anatomy, is rather high up than what many would expect at first glance
◊). While Amon has heard of their opposition to magic, he doesn't want to ally with the Glukkons for this reason, since even he vomits at what the Glukkons are willing to do to make money.
- The much greater variety of beasts, plants, and other wildlife in the Pantheon meant nothing to the Glukkons but more products to be processed out of them, the sapient and sentient life included. They've made a habit out of hiring amoral hunters and mercenaries with the purpose of hunting appealing animals down, dead or alive, for the benefit of "aspiring" Glukkon businesses, whether they're endangered or not. In fact, the term "endangered" may as well mean "extremely valuable" in Glukkon language. As for the Pokemon in the Pantheon, the Glukkons don't see any of them any differently, and have resorted to hiring Pokemon Hunter J for capturing them in order to forcefully turn them into processed items that the humans from the Pokemon world wouldn't even dream of. While even Pokemon Hunter J finds the Glukkons' ideas for the Pokemon she captures as disgusting, the Glukkons are never the type to make a bad bargain or to go back on their word, and always pay well, so she takes their offerings regardless of how many would oppose what the Glukkons would do to the Pokemon, though on this front she has a lot of opposers, unsurprisingly.
- One place in the Pantheon that Glukkons can also be commonly found in is the Hall of Flesh Eaters in the House of Food. They've even proposed selling the meat of other Oddworld species — including other sentient races — in this Hall. Evil-aligned deities in this Hall have taken to the idea, but they suggested that the Glukkons should only do this if they manage to capture and butcher any such creatures. There were charts that were all for explaining how to butcher said species properly, but they've been lost to RuptureFarm's violent collapse. As for a more "popular" flesh product, the Glukkons have been on the fence about the idea of making food products out of unfortunate human mortals. They've been approached by Black Doom and Lord Crumb about collaboration in terms of getting hired hands to improve production in "human-made" products, but not only are their interactions with each other rather uneasy, but it's kept highly secret since the Glukkon would lose many ties with their human business partners, which would make for much bigger losses than what would be gained from more direct business relations.
- The Glukkons' attempts to expand their relations with aliens did not go unnoticed by the New Alliance of Free Stars, who were highly disapproving of their immoral methods of economic gain. Some of the members even compared the likes of the Glukkons to the Druuge, a race of nasty and greedy aliens that also functioned as a corporation of scheming and ruthless aliens who will do all it takes to get a big buck out of their victims, even if it means throwing one of their crew into a furnace for fuel. As intriguing as the Druuge sounded, the Glukkons knew that the Alliance of Free Stars would have no intention on letting them off, and so the Glukkons continue to work out of sight from the Alliance's watch. The crew of the USS Enterprise and their close allies likewise see the Glukkons as something of a more immoral and despicable (though less misogynistic) version of the Ferengi of their universe. Yet their search did pay off in the end, with the Glukkons taking a liking to the Corpus, a race of creatures that have formed a merchant cult. These aliens are so obsessed with money that they go to war with other races and factions to that end.
Glukkon Official: (chose to remain anonymous) "Those guys get it! They know how important money is. And they don't stoop low enough to commit frickin' insurance fraud."
- Economy-wise, any figure in the House of Commerce with even decent morality has little respect for the Glukkons, seeing them as a great blemish on capitalism in general. The deities fond of communism, good and bad alike, have already caught on to this, and always point to the Glukkons as a reason to put a leash on capitalism or ban it entirely. Some unknown sources originating from the House of Commerce have even hired deities from the Hall of Investigative Work, like Lois Lane, Solid Snake, April O'Neil, and Jade, to investigate the Magog Cartel for the purpose of exposing the dark secrets of the Glukkons, not that some of them had a good reason to do so anyway. That said, the Glukkons despise these muckraker-types going about their job, so they've not only hired others to tarnish their reputation, but have hired many a bodyguard and even agents like Cipher Pol 9's members to attempt to silence those that would dare try to uncover their "certainly not dangerous and law-bending" manners of making money.
Edited by Necromancer10 on Apr 19th 2022 at 4:59:40 AM
KILL CONSUME MULTIPLY CONQUER@ Azure Legacy: On Dionysus, Wine isn't exactly a trope. So I want to ask everyone if Dionysus could be reworked with Wine like a number of tropeless food choices in the House of Food, or I should stick with my Deathless and Debauched idea
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I'd rather say you're better off with Dionysis having Wine. He's literally The God of Wine, so I don't see any contest to him representing that beverage.
Also, I feel as if Deathless and Debauched has better alternatives like Calvin Burnham, Sigvald the Magnificent, and John Milton. Though I'm not in the mood to make a nomination at the moment.
Edited by CrimsonShark on Apr 19th 2022 at 12:46:56 PM
WHERE IS KRYPTO, I mean, WHERE IS THE DOG!!!




The sandbox and the people able to wait until the rules/date passes only shows that the contributors are following the rules on the words alone but never the lesson/takeaway on why it was created in the first place. What's the point of the Hype Prevention Sandbox if no one will understand its function.
I swear Loid, you can't draw worth shit!