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Beginnings And Endings has been split into Beginnings and Endings, and Kamille Bidan is in the latter page. In general, some of the potholes in the Allies/Enemies/etc section need to be updated to reflect the deities current locations.

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN!

So, it has come to my attention that Rick, Kine, and Coo don't really fit the definition of Assist Character; they feel more like a take on the Power-Up Mount. Should we find a different trope for them?

Freudian Excuse: Not one person is entirely good or evil; something will have to have happened in the past to make them what they are today.

Anything else to say?

Arthur Light, God of Retcons Exposing Them As More Despicable (Doctor Light, Photon Felon, Lord of Luminescence)

• Hall: Character Changes (House of Characterization))
• Intermediate God
• Symbol: The white sun-like symbol on his chest
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Neutral Evil pre-retcon, briefly Neutral Good in the New 52)
• Portfolio: Light 'em Up, Clothes Make the Superman, Used To Be A Credible Villain But No Longer (Which Is Why He Was Retconned As A Serial Rapist), Powerful, but Incompetent, Humiliation Conga, Entirely Too Proud To Prove Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil, Had His Mind Raped By Zatanna via Stupidity-Inducing Attack, victim of Flanderization, Took A Complete 180 In The New 52 Given How Awful He Was Post-Crisis, proving Light Is Not Good, The Smart Guy, Turned Into A Candle By The Spectre, Was A Surprisingly Good Teammate After His Mind Was Restored
• Domains: Villainy, Retcons, Light, Rape, Disgrace
• Interested in: Hal Stewart/Titan (who opposes him), Griffith
• Allies: Zebediah Kilgrave/Purple Man, The Fraternity, Nobuyuki Sugou, Ethan Roark Junior, The Four Libertines, Wyald, Patrick Bateman, Wild Hunt
• Headbutting Villains with: Lex Luthor, Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (via Secret Society of Supervillain connections)
• Enemies: The Teen Titans, ZATANNA ZATARA, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, J'onn J'onzz, Patrick O'Brian/Plastic Man, honestly The Justice League of America as a whole, pretty much any rape victim (eg: Guts and Casca), The Phantom Thieves of Heart, Iroque, Doctor Thomas Light, Jean-Pierre Polnareff, the Boys, Starlight, Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Elissa Powers/Empowered, John Hartigan, Earthworm Jim, Kazuto Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki, Ezalor, Night Raid
• Opposed by: The Deep (TV version), Glenn Quagmire
• Fears: Aztar/the Spectre, Dis, The Brainspawn, Arael
• Wary of: Necrozma, the Hall of Mind Control
• Disappoints: Molag Bal
• Doctor Arthur Light was once a scientist working at S.T.A.R Labs alongside one Jacob Finlay. Finlay developed light-manipulating technology in secret with the objective of using it to fulfill his dream and become a superhero, but Light was involved in industrial espionage against S.T.A.R. for a rival tech firm. Discoveirng his criminal activities, as a result storing his equipment in the terminal for the computer console in his lab, Finlay caused the console to short-circuit and project a beam of laser-light that disintegrated him on the spot. Tormented by visions of Finlay's vindictive ghost, Light was driven to scour the lab for Finlay's costume, using it to drench himself in everlasting light and chase away the shadows where lurked his greatest fears. He would prove a persistent supervillain for the Justice League of America and the Teen Titans. Initially effective and getting some wins then and there, his threat as a villain would decrease to the point non-powered kid heroes could defeat him. For someone with his powers, it's an embarrassing display
  • For a while, Dr Light was seen as an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain. A Japanese woman, Kimiyo Hoshi, would prove a far more effective superhero with the mantle of Dr Light than Arthur proved as a supervillain. His character would change forever come Identity Crisis; it was revealed his incompetence was the result of a Stupidity-Inducing Attack by Zatanna. What was the motive for such a controversial act? Turns out Dr Light was a sexual predator who had broken into the JLA Watchtower and raped Sue Dibny. His mind would be restored and what seemed like an almost comical villain would take a turn for the nasty. In his true state of mind Dr Light proved a vicious Serial Rapist. It was a mercy for everyone else when after his collaboration in the murder of the Martian Manhunter he was turned into a candle by the Spectre. His remains were reanimated as a Black Lantern and his zombie went after the heroic Dr Light, who would put him down for good.
  • While many DC characters are somewhat of a Composite Character of their different iterations, the pantheon's Arthur Light is almost entirely his Post-Crisis self as that is the canon is trope is most applicable to. That, and his New 52 self was a complete 180 in personality, being a hero and a family man. He is fearful of Dis, or rather Hell itself; before being killed for good, he had died and gone to Hell but managed to come back to life...twice (first time he returned in his grave and swiftly suffocated).
• Arthur Light derives his powers from his suit. Much like Earthworm Jim, his powers come from what he wears...though he has used it long enough that some of the suit's powers have become his natural abilities. Despite his actions he's still a genius when in the right mind (if a petty one) and he has plans to steal Jim's suit and merge it with his own suit's technologies for a buff. Dr Light's photokinesis allows him to ironically create darkness by repelling photons, and wrest control and manipulation of anything that emits light. This includes construct energy and heat vision, and he can steal light from other users of the same kind of power as him. There's a reason he used to be credible threat. The Hall of Light and Brightness is contemplating banning him, less so for his crimes (after all, they have the Light of Destruction on their payroll) and more so he might have a shot at taking control there.
• Dr Light is not popular in the supervillain community. Before the retcon he was seen as a joke. Afterwards he is still seen as somewhat of a joke, but one who boasts about a crime most regard as tasteless, and the fact he can control the visible (sometimes invisible too) spectrum of light (hence his Intermediate and not Lesser God ranking) means he's seen as a waste of resources. To his credit, one of his only good qualities after his mind was restored is that he's a model teammate. He was perfectly willing to follow orders and not incite conflict within the Secret Society of Supervillains when led by Deathstroke and Luthor. With the former, they have a connection in being Teen Titans rogues. That's not to say they like him, of course, and Cheetah antagonized Dr Light because of her own standards.
• If he's seen in dim light by the supervillain community, you better believe the superhero community despises him. Dr Light feels fortunate that Ralph and Sue Dibny haven't ascended, and he's horrified and outraged at Zatanna's presence. The Martian Manhunter also has a major ax to grind with him because of his involvement in his murder under Libra's orders. Shortly after his mind was restored he ended up in conflict with Green Arrow, having been involved in one of his rogues' schemes and killed a bunch of school kids while he was there. And it goes without saying, but victims of rape want his head. Arthur Light reminds Jean-Pierre Polnareff of J.Geil, and when you combine that with Geil also having a light-based superpower you have human Swiss cheese in the form of the absolutely no-good doctor.
• Not even the nastier "heroes" in the Seven like him, though given how at least two members are rapists depending on the canon this is more a PR move. Some have mused that the Deep in the TV show is A Lighter Shade of Black to Dr Light, as they are both considered jokes in their community but are serial rapists...however the Lord of Luminescence possesses absolutely nothing positive to his name and makes no apologies for the matter. The Deep, who's more of "celebrity POS", does still genuinely care about sea life and actually manages to be pathetic in a kind of pitiful way even if he deserves a lot of what happens to him. Of course, it might just be why he wants to use Dr Light to feel less bad about himself by comparison. This is probably why Glenn Quagmire also complains about Dr Light, weakly citing "I'm still not a killer except for Jeff; fucker got what he deserved".
• Thomas Light was really pissed at the fact someone so depraved was also called Dr Light. He can only imagine how angry Kimiyo will be if she ever ascends, and learns that he got to the Trope Pantheon first. Indeed, few were hoping Arthur Light would find a niche; he is considered as pathetically disgusting as Nobuyuki Sugou. The comparisons between the two were even easier to make when the two struck up a Villainous Friendship, since they both like to use their powers to indulge in their perverse and cruel desires. Arthur Light isn't winning any friends from those who use the power of light in a positive manner either. Starlight, having been a victim of Sexual Extortion, was livid learning about him. Ezalor, while a Dirty Old Man, doesn't go beyond flirting and hitting on women.
• Arthur Light was looking for asylum due to how many people wanted his head on a pike, and unfortunately he found it in the Fraternity. He was quite intrigued by the setting of a Villain World where the villains teamed up to get rid of the heroes. There, someone like him could be a veritable Karma Houdini so long as he doesn't act in a Stupid Evil manner. However even more appealing to him is that the Fraternity do not ascribe to Even Evil Has Standards. Their leader has assaulted women and they are all scum who only ascribe to pragmatism. So long as he follows their rules he can do what he wants and he loves it. This is yet another reason why the Spectre thinks he was being too easy when he turned him into a candle.
• Needless to say, when his mind was restored to him Arthur Light was livid at the Mind Rape he experienced. The Phantom Thieves of Heart and Iroque think it was somewhat of a mistake at what Zatanna did to him...not because he shouldn't have been brainwashed, but that his actual fate should've been an example of Heel–Face Brainwashing. And they intend to steal his heart, as Ann rightly sees him as "Kamoshida with superpowers". Doctor Light refuses to step foot in the Hall of Mind Control due to bad memories. He also has chosen to stay clear of Necrozma due to being living kryptonite. Necrozma is a being that eats light, Dr Light's power set involves light, so the Photon Felon would be utterly crushed under the legendary.
• Many consider his Mind Rape a piece of his own medicine given his crimes, and while what Zatanna did is controversial in the superhero community absolutely nobody pities Dr Light for what he went through. Of course that doesn't mean he doesn't have trauma about it, and when he learned there was a light-themed deity of Mind Rape in the Trope Pantheon he almost had a panic attack. Even more so he is dreading the potential the Brainspawn would ever take notice of him; their primary means of offense is the ability to massively drop the IQ of their target, to the point they would make the Zatanna-induced dumb Dr Light look like a Mensa member by comparison.
• Doesn't try to hide his "proclivities", and is quite boastful of it. To quote Plastic Man "it's like it's his power now". One might think Molag Bal would be a little bit fond of him, but he considers him a disappointment who fails to elevate himself by being depraved. Dr Light admires Griffith as a light-themed rapist who has ascended to functional godhood, though that admiration is one-sided as the Hawk sees him as insignificant, and a lot more similar to Wyald. Arthur doesn't see what the problem with this comparison is; he and Wyald enjoy working together to indulge in carnal and sadistic crimes, though in a Red Oni, Blue Oni kind of way. Dr Light is the brains of their little operation and Wyald the brawn.
• Some consider him DC's equivalent to the Purple Man. They both possess impressive superpowers, but are exceptionally petty and cruel as supervillains...Zebediah more so. And of course they are notorious for the crime of rape. Dr Light has sought to prove himself to the Purple Man by defeating Daredevil, along with other superheroes. Sadly there are plenty of deities in the Trope Pantheon on the same perverted wavelength as Dr Light, such as the Yellow Bastard, Wild Hunt or Patrick Bateman. He's commented that he's quite enjoyed the "parties" of the Libertines, though he'll admit some of their kinks aren't his kind of fun.
• Disgustingly, he intends to capture Empowered out of lust....yeah, there's a reason why he's as hated by the fans as he's with most DC comics characters. Linkara is quick to point out how making him a rapist was a bad example of a Cerebus Retcon..and unnecessary. In his review of Identity Crisis he even pointed out that the Photon Felon actually had a decent number of credible villain moments. Dr Light just responded by annoying him by saying he's a "Lighbringer" like himself too. Linkara didn't take the bait and just said there's a reason he let the comic be public domain.

Professor Hugo Strange, God of Sinisterly-Shining Glasses (Victor Absnos, Doctor Todhunter)

• Adopted from: Crimson Shark
• Hall: Eyewear (House of Costumes)
• Lesser God
• Symbol: His eye-obscuring glasses
• Theme Song: His theme from Gotham
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Portfolio: Mad Scientist, Doctor And Psychiatrist, Freudian Couch, Scary Shiny Glasses That Reflect His Lack Of A Soul, Used Fear Gas Before Crane Was Doing It, Mind Rape, Paranoia Gambit, Believes Bruce Is Motivated By A Power Fantasy Because That's Why He Wants To Be Batman, Arch-Enemy In The Early Days, Straw Nihilist, The Social Darwinist, Obsessed With Batman, The Chessmaster, Diabolical Mastermind, Depicted As One Of Batman's Worse And/Or Cunning Rogues Depending on the Writer, Awesome by Analysis
• Domains: Evil, Psychology, Fear, Analysis, Ego
• Heralds: His mutated brutes, the Monster Men
• Interested in: Homelander, Black Noir, Nemesis, Michael Myers
• Allies: Dr Angus Bumby, Syndrome, Relius Clover
  • Aloof Ally with: Professor Hojo, Dr. XXX
• Working relationship with: Other Batman rogues like Jervis Tetch/Mad Hatter, Two-Face, and Dr Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow, the nastier members of the Hall of Organized Crime
• On good terms with: Nurse Ratchet
• Headbutting Villains with: Jasper Batt Jr, Hal Stewart/Titan
• Enemies: Bruce Wayne/Batman (obsessed with on his end), Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, James Gordon, Walter Kovacs/Rorschach, Bob Parr/Mr Incredible (and to a lesser extent the rest of his family), Sherlock Holmes, The Phantom Thieves of Heart, Sigmund Freud, Fraiser Crane, Alice Liddell, Mark Grayson/Invincible, Asuka Langely Soryu/Shikinami
• Opposed by: Stephen Strange
• Dreads: The Batman That Laughs
• Wary of: Kefka Palazzo
• Professor Hugo Strange is one of Batman's oldest foes, predating even the Joker. A scientist and psychiatrist obsessed with Batman, he is one of few villains to have deduced his identity as Bruce Wayne. His ultimate dream (and one born of a power fantasy) is to be Batman and he will go to whatever extreme to accomplish that. Among his sins are developing fear gas before the Scarecrow^note another psychologist, mutating and brainwashing goons for crime, and being an overall calculating, manipulative sociopath. Though a bodybuilder, his greatest strength has always been his mind.
• Hugo Strange had over time become one of the more obscure Batman rogues, though he's far from a D-Lister. The Joker himself doesn't think much of him, boasting that the reason he displaced Batman as his Arch-Enemy is because he has style and Strange isn't all that interesting. The psychologist doesn't pay his insults any mind. Hugo Strange has remained the same cerebral villain throughout continuities, but his obsession with Batman and perception that he is a Worthy Opponent has never changed. Of course being Batman, Bruce doesn't reciprocate this feeling and treats him as the vicious man he is.
  • Originally, Hugo Strange was a criminal scientist who uses a stolen "concentrated lightning" machine to generate a dense fog, allowing him to rob banks unseen. He deduced Batman's identity simply by taking off his cowl. Post-Crisis, he was revamped into the psychologist people know him as today. Strange was abandoned as a child and raised in state houses, but in spite of his poor upbringing he managed to be a self-made man and a skilled psychologist. He has ties to the mob. Hugo Strange is usually depicted as a bodybuilder but this is mainly for show; for true muscular help he will use his Monster Men. They're people he kidnapped, experimented on and mutated into giant monstrous humanoids.
  • One of his more recent outings saw him as head of Arkham City. His plans of exterminating the residents and killing every criminal in Gotham no matter how minor their crimes were obviously despicable, though his analysis of the Batman rogues were on point. That said, he is not above working with Batman rogues in other canons; in the Gotham Underground storyline he teamed up with Mad Hatter, Doctor Death, and Two-Face. Personally he's somewhat cordial with Jonathan Crane as he notices their similarities, being villainous psychologists who utilize fear gas and other chemicals.
• Hugo Strange used to have the position as Dr Angus Bumby's high priest before he managed to ascend for the trope of Scary Shiny Glasses, what with his glasses tending to obscure his eyes and light up or reflect his surroundings. Professor Strange definitely fits the trope of Psycho Psychologist. Non-evil psychologists are appalled by the fact that a sociopath like Hugo Strange managed to get the qualifications, and the fact he is legitimately skilled at his job but uses it for evil instead infuriates him. Opposing him is one of the main reasons why Sigmund Freud has sided with Batman. Though sex trafficking is something Strange isn't guilty of unlike Bumby, he is more than familiar with breaking people down and turning them into slaves; just as his Monster Men. Alice was naturally horrified and disgusted at the fact they have "collaborated".
• The Phantom Thieves of Heart are naturally repulsed that someone so evil has managed to become a member of an institution meant to understand and help people. Hugo Strange was at first interested in them, noting his own use of brainwashing, and their ability to explore the psyches of others. However he is also fearful that they will try to steal his heart, as his immense pride would see this as a Fate Worse than Death. Hugo Strange is a man who was tortured and brutally beaten almost to death, and still refused to cow to demands to reveal the Batman's identity after all. That said he still finds their conviction satisfying along with their abilities, so there's a little bit of one-sided Villain Respect.
• One of the major differences between him and Scarecrow is that the latter is Ax-Crazy, and the former is mostly sane if you ignore his obsession and flagrant Lack of Empathy. A chemical genius and geneticist, he has regular connections with the House of Science. He is one of few scientists capable of stomaching Professor Hojo, though this isn't because they share the same motives. Strange is content with trying to become Batman and strive to become the Übermensch, but he considers Hojo's expertise of unethical experimentation profitable. He and Dr XXX are twisted scientists who Strange values in terms of their expertise. It's more of a meeting of the minds than a Villainous Friendship, however.
• A few have compared and contrasted Hugo Strange with Nurse Ratchet. The two are ruthless and cruel figures in an occupation where such a trait is...undesirable as far as most people are concerned. She's a sadistic Battleaxe Nurse in charge of a mental asylum, that values order among her patients and hates unruliness. Professor Strange has mused over her comments that she believes Batman is insane, and admits she might have a point. The two enjoy having coffee together and talking about their outlooks on mental health and life, though they don't always agree on subjects; Nurse Ratchet finds some of his more heinous crimes worrying. Mark Grayson consider the two as bad as each other at the end of the day, and that Ratchet's distaste is more a conflict with her Lawful Evil and Hugo's Neutral Evil viewpoints. He still dislikes Strange more as he has had experience with a scientist who makes human-monsters before.
• Much like the Joker, Hugo Strange is obsessed with Batman/Bruce Wayne. As mentioned, this is different from the game/sick joke of the Joker; Professor Strange sees his Arch-Enemy as an Übermensch and aspires to become him. Though he knows Bruce's backstory, he believes Batman is a power fantasy and not the desire for no-one to be harmed again due to crime that actually drives him. One would think a psychologist would be aware of Psychological Projection, but Hugo Strange is no ordinary psychologist. He even likes to dress up and act the part if he can. It's not that different a desire from Syndrome, who wanted to be a superhero for the glory and not why someone should actually be a superhero. The two make quite the team; Strange isn't one to fight actually superpowered foes, but with access to Syndrome's technology he's feeling more confidant about himself. Both are also, in a twisted way, massive fans of their nemesis.
• Given his obsession with Batman, it shouldn't be surprising that he is intrigued by those that parallel Batman. Particularly if the are villainous as it helps convince him his "analysis" of Bruce's motives are correct. The hedonistic, often callous nature of the Seven "felt natural" to him; he has noted Homelander as someone who only keeps up the hero act so he can live off the love of the populace^note which is pretty fair, and the direct Batman expy Black Noir as "if my respect of Batman was misplaced"...but only the comic version, who is a psychopathic gaslighter just for the sake of justifying his take on the "Tower of Babel" incident, and his TV version. He finds his TV version more intriguing. The Seven don't care what he thinks, however. Hugo Strange is also interested in Owlman, being Batman's Evil Counterpart from a Mirror Universe, but the Crime Syndicate isn't all that impressed by him.
• Nemesis, another twisted Batman derivative and Joker parallel, caught Hugo Strange's attention, albeit in a morbid fascination...and a desire to manipulate him. He feels similarly about Michael Myers, who is inexplicably murderous and who's reasons for evil are only known to him. Strange plans to be a lot smarter about it than Dr Sartain, and he hopes to turn Myers into his servant. This is of course a bad idea, and he is at least aware enough of that he has it on the backburner of his plans. Nemesis laughs at Strange's Batman obsession and desire to know what drives him, musing "there's no point analyzing you second-rate psychiatrist; I'm rich and bored, and that's all the motivation I need!" Strange dryly mused "so you also are driven by a power fantasy?"
• While Professor Strange is fascinated by Batman, which is reflected in his interactions with Batman expies, he is mostly neutral on both the Joker and those inspired by him. He did take notice on one, Kefka, though only from a distance. Why? He was someone driven insane by Magitek experiments, which reminds Hugo of how he has inflicted Mind Rape and/or mutation on his victims for his own purposes. Safe to say, there's a reason he doesn't try to be too experimental. Asuka, who has a bundle of psychological issues along with being a victim of Mind Rape, despises Hugo Strange for what he's done and the fact he does it all despite being in a job meant to help people.
• Hugo Strange is curious as to what drives someone to use their power fantasy for good like Batman, or evil like Hal Stewart and Jasper Batt Jr...which only further proves he ascribes his own motives to the Bat. Strange considers the both of them to be particularly obnoxious, however he still wants to reach out to them not just out of help against shared enemies, but internally he feels validated over his belief on why Bruce is Batman. Jasper is an example of a young Bruce Wayne that went down the wrong path, and Hal Stewart is what happens when you give superhero powers to the wrong person. Hugo Strange naturally intends to exploit their ego and resources for his own purposes.
• Before you ask, he is aware of a Doctor Strange in the House of Magic And Sorcery. They are from different fields with Strange being a surgeon, and also different moralities. Hugo knows he stands no chance against him so he intentionally avoids the wizard, who holds him in contempt for his wicked actions. One of the reasons why he's known as Professor Strange is to not be mistaken for the sorcerer. He was also made aware of the Batman That Laughs, a version of Batman driven to become a bigger, nastier force than the Joker. He'll admit that he's afraid of the menace, and even he was shocked a version of Bruce could become so deranged. And if any incarnation of Batman lives up to the power fantasy motive Hugo ascribes to him, it's definitely the Darkest Knight.

Is there a trope in mind?

I have nothing to suggest so for both of them.

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN!

I was hoping someone else in this forum might have an idea or two what tropes Kirby's animal friends could get in place of what they have now, because I'm drawing a blank.

Freudian Excuse: Not one person is entirely good or evil; something will have to have happened in the past to make them what they are today.

If you can't think of a more fitting trope that isn't taken, you can always propose removing them, or a replacement for Assist Character.

Also, if you're wondering why I haven't posted my funny talking train profile in a while... it's because I got bored. Anyone want to adopt them? If not, I can put them on hold until I regain interest; it's fine.

Edited by NitroIndigo on Jul 20th 2023 at 9:00:04 AM

Re-proposing an idea.

The Shining Force^members Max, Lowe, Ken, Hans, Lug/Luke, Tao, Gong, Gort, Mae, Khris, Anri, Arthur, Balbaroy, Amon, Diane, Zylo, Pelle, Jogurt, Kokichi, Vankar, Guntz, Domingo, Earnest, Lyle, Bleu, Musashi, Alef, Torasu, Adam, Hanzou, Holy Army of Titular Forces

• Reasoning: I believe they're actually called the Shining Force in-game a few times, rather than just being in the title. Not just in the original Sega Genesis version, but in the Game Boy Advance remake too.

Tadano Hitonari, Commander Gore, Zelenin, and Jimenez, Divine Representatives of Alignment-Based Endings (Hitonari: Commander of the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team, Langdon Alger, Lance Murdock, Space Marine, Spess Mehren, Japanese Doomguy | Zelenin: Lady Gaga | Jimenez: Mexican Junpei)

• Lesser Deities in their DEMONICAs, Demideities out of them. All have become Intermediate Deities (exc. Hitonari in the Neutral Ending) with the power to take overdeities in Hitonari's case, and Hitonari becomes a Greater God in the New Neutral Ending
• New House: Gaming Consequences
• s:

• Symbol: His DEMONICA helmet (Hitonari), his head with his glowing eyes (Gore), A white cross pierced through a DEMONICA helmet (Zelenin), Bugaboo's mask breaking a DEMONICA's mask (Jimenez)
• Theme Song: Morale (Hitonari), Theme Of Law and Holy Miracle (Zelenin), Theme of Chaos and The Tyrannical Hero (Jimenez)
• Alignment:
  • Hitonari: Starts as Neutral Good, remains so in the Neutral paths, Chaotic Evil in the Chaos path, Lawful Evil in the Law path, Chaotic Good in the New Chaos path, and Lawful Good in the New Law path
  • Gore: Neutral Good
  • Zelenin: Lawful Evil, but is swayed to Lawful Good in the New Law timeline
  • Jimenez: Chaotic Evil, though not as completely as he may like. His New Chaos ending self is more along the lines of Chaotic Neutral.
• Portfolio:
  • Hitonari: Badass Normal And Can Be Empowered, "Space Marine" Protagonist, Adaptive Armor, Sword and Gun, Item Caddy, Demon Tamer, Commander of the Strike Team After His Predecessor's Death, Last-Name Basis (As Per Military Procedure), Contrasting Sequel Main Character, Race Lift, The Stoic, Manipulative Bastard to Demons
    • Neutral Path: Path of Most Resistance Story-Wise
    • Chaos Path: Evil Laugh, Psychotic Smirk, Supernatural Gold Eyes
    • Law Path: Prophet Eyes, Path of Most Resistance Gameplay-Wise
    • New Neutral path: Path of Most Resistance Story-Wise in Redux, Engaged In A Forever War Against The Schwarzwelt, I Choose to Stay, Immortal Hero
    • New Chaos Path: Path of Most Resistance Gameplay-Wise in Redux
    • New Law Path: Path of Most Resistance Gameplay-Wise in Redux, Balances his Lawful with Good, did an Anti-Mutiny against Shekinah/YHVH's tyranny to create a utopia
  • Gore: Big Good, Bald of Authority, Black Dude Dies First, A Father to His Men, Transfers Command To Hitonari, Brought Back from the Dead by Maia Though How Is Unknown, Ubergestalt, Voice of the Legion, Badass in a Nice Suit, Blank White Eyes, Came Back Strong, Climax Boss in Non-Neutral Paths
  • Zelenin: Brainwashing for the Greater Good, Madden Into Misanthropy, desiring a World of Silence, Creepy Cool Crosses, Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, Magic Music that causes brainwashing, abandoning her humanity to become an angel, Angelic Beauty, Shock and Awe, Unwitting Pawn, Knight Templar, Well-Intentioned Extremist, Requiem
    • New Law Path Only: Anti-Mutiny, Heel–Face Turn, Phlebotinum Rebel, Restored My Faith in Humanity
  • Jimenez: Eagleland, Mercenary, Was Once a Man, Jerk with a Heart of Gold, forsaking his humanity, Merging with Bugaboo to save both their lives, Only Friend to Hitonari unless not on Chaos paths,The Social Darwinist, Power Born of Madness, Choosing to stay with the demons of the Schwarzwelt, Deadpan Snarker, Half-Human Hybrid, Absurdly Sharp Claws, Playing with Fire, Chaos Tack
    • New Chaos Path Only: Heel–Face Turn, Heel Realization, Took a Level in Kindness, The Unfought in the New Chaos Route
• Domain(s): Marines, Exploration, Demons, Law, Chaos, Neutral
• Heralds: Arthur (Neutral paths only), their respective Schwarzwelt Investigational Teams (all), Bugaboo (Jimenez only)
• High Priest(ess): The Nameless Hero(ine)/Villain(ess)
• Followers: Kyle Katarn, Sarah, Leonhardt Raglan, The Kalach-Cha/Knight-Captain, Aramus/The Force Commander
• Allies: (Insert Name Here)
  • Neutral Paths (includes Gore): Flynn, Philemon, Igor Cosmos, The Doom Slayer, Raava, Frisk, Low Chaos!Corvo Attano, Emily Kaldwin
  • Chaos Path (includes Jimenez): Albert Wesker (tentative now), Luka
  • Law Path (includes Zelenin): YHVH, Galeem, Malthael
  • New Chaos Path (includes Jimenez): Naoki Kashima/The Demi-Fiend, Luka
  • New Law Path (includes Zelenin): Raava, The Master (Act Raiser), Peaceful!Markus
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: The Imperium of Man (Neutral and New Law Paths), Asura (New Law Path)
• Enemies: The Grand United Alliance of Destruction, Dharkon, Chakravartin, The Godhand, Griffith, Fused Zamasu, Sundowner, the Corpus, the Khan Maykr
  • "Old" Law and Chaos Paths: Each other's and the Neutral paths' allies, Raava
  • Except Chaos Path: Melkor, Vaatu, Nyarlathotep, Davoth
  • Except Law Path: YHVH, Yaldabaoth, Galeem, Funny Valentine
• Supported by: Lucifer (New Neutral, New Chaos, and—yes—New Law Paths)
• It's a well-known fact that the Shin Megami Tensei games have multiple endings based on the Player Character's alignment: Law, Chaos, or Neutral. But out of all of the Great Will's Messiahs, who should represent that aspect? The First Hero wouldn't do since one of his paths becomes canon. The Second One, Aleph, seem to have all his endings lead to the same conclusion, and his outcomes aren't widely varied. The Third, the Demi-Fiend, is fated to return under the trope Faustian Rebellion or Kingmaker Scenario. The Fourth, Flynn, is already in the Pantheon representing Samurai Ponytail. And there are other fates in store for Nanashi and the Nahobino, who don't fit the trope as neatly anyway. That was when an answer was found.
• The protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, to be addressed by his Drama CD name Tadano Hitonari, was a Japanese (or American) soldier of Earth during a present-day time period when the Schwarzwelt appeared in Antarctica. The United Nations assembled a quartet of teams comprised of the brightest minds, most talented soldiers (Hitonari among them), and the most advanced technology they had available. Their mission: enter and explore the interior of the Schwarzwelt, and find a way to stop it before the entire world is consumed. Of course, things aren't as simple as that. Their foes proved far more dangerous than it seemed, the Schwarzwelt's reason for existing proved more complicated than it seemed, and the demons proved invisible to the naked eye before a Mysterious Benefactor granted them the Demon Summoning Program for a fighting chance. Humanity would be tested as they explored the Schwarzwelt, and circumstances led to Hitonari being in the lead and ultimately deciding the fate of his kind.
• Due to the nature of his trope, all of his versions were required to ascend. That not only meant the Neutral, Law, and Chaos versions, but their New versions too, leading to a total of six. Upon hearing who was planned for ascension, YHVH was quick to bring forth the versions fitting His own path while Cosmos (with anonymous aid from Lucifer) helped ascend the rest. In terms of residences, to minimize clashes with one another, their temples take the form of five Red Sprites, the hover-capable landships that the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team used to explore the demon realms, but modified and miniaturized to enable reasonable solo travel with it. Why five when there are six Hitonaris? The two Neutral Hitonaris share a "temple" because they share the same ideals; there's no point in separating them. While the other New Hitonaris are also good people, they have their separate agendas that can take them to different places in the Pantheon.
• However, due to clerical issues, there was a purge that removed most of the Shin Megami Tensei representatives. And most of the Strange Journey reps were among them. But when the move to bring Hitonari back came, the Grand United Alliances of Law and Chaos separately wanted Zelenin and Jimenez back. Upon realizing what exactly the trope meant, the GUAG in response decided to have the non-Hitonari Neutral representative of the alignment, Commander Gore, be included in this new group ascension as well. The Court approved of this, and just like with Hitonari, on top of the Zelenin and Jimenez that first came to the Pantheon, one other version of each arrived as well, representing two of the New Endings. As for Gore however, only one of him made it to the Pantheon, as there is little differing opinion he would have between the two Neutral Endings. And so the Zelenins, Jimenez-es, and Gore were transfered to each different Red Sprite, joining each Hitonari that they've swayed (or who had swayed them in the case of the New Path Hitonaris).
• In case a refresher is needed:
  • A scientist sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Zelenin was captured and tortured by demons, giving her an intense hatred of them. During her journey through the parallel world, Zelenin's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and she gained a new appreciation for the order and nobility of the angels. It came to a head when she was offered divine power by the angel Mastema: becoming an angel, the resulting new entity quickly lost herself to the power of the heavens and fell in with the angels. Zelenin continues to work with YHVH to power herself up enough to spread her song through the pantheon, wipe it clean of free will and bring a new age of Law. But just like Hitonari, there are two versions of her; one that stays her current path, and one whose mind is changed after Alex came from the former's future and pleaded for her to bring salvation to humanity.
  • A soldier sent to investigate the Schwarzwelt and keep it from wiping out humanity, Jimenez ran across an abused demon named Bugaboo, who he adopted. During his journey through the parallel world, Jimenez's opinion of humanity was eroded away by the sight of their sins, and he gained a new appreciation for the wildness and freedom of the demons. It came to a head when he and Bugaboo were forced by the cruel Captain Jack into a twisted experiment: to save both his and Bugaboo's life, Jimenez had a comrade fuse the two of them together, and the resulting new entity quickly lost himself to his new power and fell in with the demons. Jimenez continues to work with Mem Aleph to awaken the Schwarzwelt, wipe the Pantheon clean of civilization and bring a new age of Chaos. But just like Hitonari, there are two versions of him; one that stays him current path, and one where he realizes the hypocrisy of his goal after Alex points out what he did for Bugaboo.
  • As for Gore, he was the Commander in charge of the Schwarzwelt Investigational Team. When he was killed in action, his last command was to transfer his duties to Hitonari. He would later come back to life as a "Ubergestalt" thanks to the energies of the Schwarzwelt and Mother Maia to serve as a herald for her, Mem Aleph, and the other Mothers. His experiences however have only reinforced his faith in humanity, essentially making him the representative for the Neutral Path. There, close to the final stretch of this strange journey, he eventually judges Hitonari where he stands; humanity, angels, or demons. If Hitonari chooses any of the latter two, or is already deeply aligned into either of those, Gore will regard him as a danger to humanity and fight him to the death. Following his end, Arthur self-terminates, the Red Sprite is left in a state of disrepair, and Jimemez or Zelenin (depending on Hitonari's alignment) storm the Red Sprite and work their brainwashing mojo. If Hitonari proves pro-humanity, Gore tasks him with the final mission of destroying Mem Aleph, and gives him the "brilliance" to see Mem Aleph in her true form, and provides information to Arthur on how to destroy the Schwarzwelt before fading away from existence. Unlike everyone else before him, only one iteration of Gore exists.

• Applies to all or some of them:
  • Wanna know what exactly their paths took them? Well…
    • Law Hitonari followed Zelenin and helped turn his Earth into a world of total peace where it devotes itself solely to praising the greatness of God (YHVH).
    • Chaos Hitonari followed Jimenez and helped turn his Earth into a primordial world of gods and demons, where only the strongest survive and humanity is expected to suffer for their role in disrupting the natural order.
    • Neutral Hitonari sided with Gore, is blessed with his "brilliance" before fading away, and successfully performs the original mission of the Investigational Team and destroys the Schwarzwelt, but it's implied that it will return so long as humanity doesn't get its act together.
    • New Law Hitonari turned Zelenin around thanks to Alex's pleas to aid humanity, and helepd turn his Earth into a peaceful world without violence that still has its free will, but runs the risk of leaving humanity vulnerable without the will to fight should a threat arise.
    • New Chaos Hitonari turned Jimenez around thanks to Alex pointing out the hypocrisy in his worldview given what he did for Bugaboo, and helped turn his Earth into one where nature flourishes and humanity can live in harmony with gods, demons and the Earth. Instead of a world ruled by strength, it becomes a world filled with infinite possibilities for humanity, where each person is free to act as they choose.
    • New Neutral Hitonari, also with Gore's blessing of "brilliance", destroys the Schwarzwelt like his "old" counterpart, but thanks to Alex's warning of the future also uses the Cosmic Fruit to become Earth's immortal protector against the Schwarzwelt as it appears again and again until humanity can learn its lesson and break the Eternal Recurrence themselves.
  • Despite whatever blessings they've received (if they still retain them), all versions of Hitonari still fight as they did before; with swords, guns, and summoned demons. Being of differing alignments, there is naturally opposition among themselves, though mainly from the Law and Chaos Hitonaris, even against their New counterparts. Even New Chaos and New Law have their disagreements. It's a good thing their temples are separate. In case you're wondering how Hitonari can either be Japanese or American? Well, he's half of both ethnicities. By contrast, Gore, Zelenin, and Jimenez have since discarded their DEMONICAs and embraced their new powers. Out of them, only Gore didn't cast away his faith in humanity (and the other Zelenin and Jimenez regained it thanks to Alex and Hitonari).
    • It was a surprise to discover that the DEMONICA was in the Pantheon's Treasury. Now that there are six more suits, a change of policy has been in consideration in regards to requisitioning and reverse-engineering it. Thus this gave the Grand United Alliances of Good, Law, and Chaos a head start in research. The GUAs of Evil and Destruction, as well as the various Uprisings are now dedicated to capturing the Hitonaris in order to requisition their DEMONICAs for themselves. Other independent forces not among the above who have interest in the suits are trying the same. While they're not exactly on their old mission anymore, the Hitonaris' expedition in the Schwarzwelt has conditioned them to pick up everything in sight that doesn't have a clear owner (and perhaps beat up the owner if there is and if they think it can benefit them more). The good Hitonaris do their best to use their manners, though.
  • Besides those who desire total annihilation of all life, given their interactions with Jack's Squad, there's one thing all Hitonaris share their despisal for; all Private Military Contractors and Mad Scientists, especially if they lack any sort of morals. And in the case of Law, Chaos, and (to a lesser extent) New Law Hitonaris, the alignment of these mercenaries or doctors doesn't matter to them; they all must die horribly. As for the others, it just means they're really slow to trust the less malevolent ones like Raiden and Agatha Heterodyne. Since there are multiple Hitonaris, all of them would naturally be aware of Funny Valentine because of his Stand's ability to easily obliterate them if they are not careful. The only one who doesn't quite have to worry about that tidbit is Law Hitonari due to the president's affiliations with the GUAL.
  • No matter their standing, no matter what morals they support, Zamasu has deemed every single one of them enemies by the sole virtue of having been born as mortal humans (despite being part mortal himself). It doesn't matter if they have shed it or not, or have turned their backs on them as "Old" Law and "Old" Chaos Hitonari, Zelenin, and Jimenez have done. Law Zelenin in particular finds this disappointing since the two do share a desire for a World of Silence and their hatred for humanity, and the fact that Zamasu also wants to wipe out all gods except for himself (which include YHVH and His Angels under that umbrella).

• Exclusive to the Neutral paths:
  • New Neutral Hitonari told the "Old" Neutral Hitonari about the latter's future and its eventual doom via another Schwarzwelt. Neutral Hitonari almost lost his faith since humanity learned nothing and repeated their mistakes to end this way, and Commander Gore just barely avoided suffering the same fate. However, Makoto Naegi was able to restore his faith in humanity. New Neutral Hitonari was unable to help in this case as he inadvertently serves as an example of the fruitlessness of his struggle since his world's humanity is relying on another higher being for their safety and has been doing so for 150 years before his ascension to the Pantheon.
  • Due to his never-ending crusade against the Schwarzwelt, being a soldier heading off into another dimension, being completely and totally human and facing off against monsters that are more or less the stuff of nightmares, it was natural that Doomguy would be a steadfast ally of New Neutral Hitonari (and the older one, too) and Commander Gore. They even go hunting demons together on occasion, though Hitonari has to avoid summoning his own lest Doomguy commit Friendly Fire on it, and most of the summoned that wouldn't draw his attention are usually unable to stomach the carnage.
  • With their new situation in the Pantheon, as well as everything it has to offer, the Arthur that came with New Neutral Hitonari decided it would be best to share resources with the GUAG after deducing Cosmos' intentions. There was a little bit of hesitation on this since they heard of the Lockdown Kazuya Minegishi and his friends experienced, the Demon Summoning everybody got, and the chaos that ensued. However, given the technological state of the Pantheon and all of its residents, this worry was mostly unfounded.
  • On occasion, New Neutral Hitonari goes to the moon to relax, just as he's done for the past 150 years after becoming immortal. On occasion, he gets fellow visitors who sit with him, and he wouldn't mind their presence (even if it was someone like Nightmare Moon) as long as he isn't messed with.

• Exclusive to the Law paths:
  • Law Zelenin (and Law Hitonari) get along swimmingly with Malthael: both realize The Evils of Free Will, and the abilities of the two work together very well: death is ultimately an escape from Zelenin's brainwashing, and Malthael has that covered by bringing the deceased back as mindless thralls so that they can continue their worship. With the two of them working in concert, there is no escape from the light of The Lord. Frollo once tried to hit on Zelenin, enraptured as he was by the sight of her angelic beauty, and she nailed him with a Megido Storm for his trouble. He then tried again with Law Zelenin, and met the exact same fate of death... from New Law Hitonari.
  • Law Zelenin's song has the power to erase all emotion from those hit by it, leaving them empty shells mindlessly babbling praises to The Lord. It's roundly considered by others to be a Fate Worse than Death: her ultimate plan is to subject all of creation to it, erasing free will from the fabric of reality and leaving only deference to God. As for New Law Zelenin, she would rather just eliminates the emotion of human spite, removing the impulse for humans to be cruel to each other for no reason, leaving free will intact. Nautrally, both of them and their corresponding ally Hitonaris are at odds with one another in regards to how far one needs to go to quell chaos. New Law Zelenin has tried telling her "past" counterpart that their song won't bring about the Wold Of Silence desired by YHVH, that half of humanity is naturally resistant to its effects, and their utopia would result in genocide. But as with all knight templars, neither Zelenin is willin to budge in their worldviews
  • Law Zelenin looks down on benevolent creator deities like Aslan and The Love That Moves The Stars: on top of being 'false gods' as she puts it, they put far too much stock in 'humanity's inherent virtue', whatever the heck that is: humans have no virtue to speak of as far as Zelenin is concerned. Once she finds the proper pitch and timbre for her song to enthrall even them, she'll prove that only the absolute control of YHVH can bring peace to the world. Should that fail, she will do her duty as a soldier of God and (attempt to) destroy them. Naturally, New Law Zelenin is willing to defend these two gods, and while the Love That Moves The Stars approves of her newfound method of her song, Aslan is disappointed in her removing humanity's will to grow and rise up.
  • New Law Hitonari is admired by several deities who abhor violence and are idealistic enough to think that his world would be absolutely perfect. Among these is Peaceful!Markus, as he too prefers non-violence and advocates peaceful existence for his fellow androids.

• Exclusive to the Chaos paths:
  • As those who embrace the use of demons and heavily oppose the forces of Law, both Chaos Hitonaris have looked to adding more allies to their cause from the Hall of Demons, and other demons. (Old) Chaos Hitonari sought those who valued strength above all else, while New Chaos Hitonari prefered those who valued the right of freedom. The latter was hard-pressed to find allies than the former, but allies he did manage to find, mainly in the form of Sparda (despite his worldview, and one of his sons Vergil being an utter Might Makes Right advocate, thouh he did have sympathetic reasons for that), and the Aensland sisters.
  • Not liking to take orders more than they have to, both iterations of Jimenez and their corresponding supporting Hitonaris are members of Lucifer's Chaos Brigade, with the New Chaos iterations being more of Token Good Teammates. Chaos Jimenez is nursing ambitions to ascend to Lord of Chaos status, but that's still a little beyond his reach. He hasn't given up trying to make himself strong enough to go for it, though.
  • Chaos Jimenez's alliance with Wesker has turned heads, particularly as he was the subject of the sort of mad science Wesker is known for. Honestly, Jimenez couldn't care less, so long as Wesker doesn't screw with any demons. Heck, trying to uplift humanity to survive in a wild, chaotic world is a noble cause in Jimenez's eyes. To this end, he's given Wesker a sample of the Delphinus Parasite. New Chaos Jimenez on the other hand isn't exactly opposed to the idea... as long as humanity is allowed to choose whether or not they accept this gift. But he suspects Wesker is more of the type to force his choice, so he's not friends with the mutated Mad Scientist.
  • Despite his inhumanity, there's a flicker of Jimenez's old self in him: he's perfectly capable of showing kindness and camaraderie to those he deems worthy. An example of this is Luka: he admires the kid for overthrowing Ilias for the sake of monsters. While (Old) Chaos Jimenez has surrendered himself to his demonic instincts despite this respect, New Chaos Jimenez also sees Luka as an ally for the same reasons as his counterpart. And they don't actually hate each other as much as they thought they would unlike the Zelenins, since they and the Chaos Hitonaris both respect each other's strength and their displeasure for angels.
  • New Chaos Jimenez eventually convinced his counterpart by pointing out the hypocrisy in his "survival of the fittest" creed when he took in Bugaboo, and that he couldn't have survived without Bugaboo sacrificing himself to save him. Unlike with Zelenin, (Old) Chaos Jimenez was successfully convinced and has started to regard his New counterpart's path of freedom over the path of strength as something to his liking. (Old) Chaos Hitonari was similarly convinced by New Chaos Hitonari through the old fashioned way.

DEMOuntable Next Integrated Capability Armor (DEMONICA)

• Returning To: The Armory
• s:

• Class Level: 5
• Appearance: A high-tech combat suit that comes in either gold and green, or black and red
• Museum Check: Denied, later Granted upon Tadano Hitonari's ascension
• Alignment: True Neutral, as it depends on its wearer
• Portfolio: Powered Armor, Magic-Technology Compatibility, Field Scanners, Adaptive Armor, Magikarp Power, Modular Adaptability
• Notable users: Flynn (has gotten his hands on both versions), Tadano Hitonari (all six incarnations)
• Former Users: Commander Gore, Zelenin, Jimenez
• Interested Parties: X-COM, most deities from the house of War, General Shepherd, Senator Armstrong, the God-Emperor of Mankind, The Phantom Thieves of Hearts, the Grineer, the Corpus, the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, Black Ops, SCP Foundation, Global Occult Coalition, Lobotomy Corporation
• An advanced combat suit developed and sponsored by the United Nations, originally intended for all-environment use, which exceeded all expectations when it was shown to be an excellent choice for survival in the chaotic terrain of the Expanse (the Schwarzwelt). Its superior modular programming allows for an unprecedented degree of customization. Its worth was further confirmed when it was later proven capable of communicating with, allowing the user to recruit, and/or taking down demons thanks to the installation of a variant of Akemi Nakajima's Demon Summoning Program. Aside from this, it has scanners capable of detecting Forma, magic and alien presences, incoming hostile encounters, and studying field conditions. Its advanced circuitry augments the capabilities of the wearer, adjusting itself to their combat preferences to maximize effectiveness. All of this makes it a premium choice for baseline and superpowered personnel alike. However, its main weakness is that it requires considerable amounts of use in combat to reach peak efficiency.
• Externally resembles a Cyberman, who have no comment so far on these suits. There are two known variants: one in mostly black with red details, and another in gold with a green undersuit. While the black suit is more combat-oriented, the gold variant is significantly more powerful. A couple of DEMONICA suits were found, disassembled, in a certain Tokyo by Mikado Samurai Flynn. While still excellent military gear, it appears a botched reverse-engineering job significantly lowered its abilities, removing most of its Adaptive Ability in favor of more conventional armor. Flynn currently seeks to repair the damaged set he owns, and if possible, augment it by using his faithful AI companion Burroughs as the navigational AI for the armor.
• Several parties in the Pantheon became interested in acquiring DEMONICA technology. Most of the groups in question are military-affiliated deities or groups such as X-COM, most deities from the house of War, General Shepherd, and Senator Armstrong in particular. They intend, for the most part, to mass produce and use them against any and all potential enemies, all of them having been impressed by the suit's aforementioned combat capabilities. Not to mention The Grineer and the Corpus, alongside profiting off of it with the latter. Likewise, the God-Emperor of Mankind wants to make the gold variant standard issue armor for the Imperial Guard, seeing it as the ultimate weapon against Warp incursions (an armor that allows baseline humans to go toe to toe with Physical Gods and enables them to gain control over demons seems like a dream come true) though he wants to see if he can't tweak it so it comes with a gold undersuit too. And maybe add a few skulls for good measure.
  • Interestingly, there one demon who managed to acquire a personalized variant of the gold and green version. Said demon, one Jack Frost, has been training under Sergeant Hartmann. This particular one is different in that he actually passed and survived the Drill Sergeant's Training from Hell. When he finally earned the right to wear the DEMONICA, he became known from then on as Demonee-Ho, and quickly gained a reputation for his 100% success rate during operations in the field.
  • One can also count the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit and the Black Ops among the interested parties. While the former already have the pretty impressive PCV in their arsenal, the DEMONICA's even more advanced capabilities might just give them the edge they need to fight more powerful aliens and monsters that litter the Pantheon. Both the SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition would also be heavily invested in researching the DEMONICA and how they themselves can use it. And while their Agents already use E.G.O. for combat, Lobotomy Corporation is also intrigued with the Demon Summoning Program, at least.
  • As operators of Powered Armor, comparisons have been drawn to Iron Man's own suits, Gordon Freeman's HEV Suit, Master Chief's MJOLNIR armor, Doctor Doom's own armor (as much as he claims it to be beneath him), Lex Luthor's Warsuit, Steel's suit, the Doom Slayer's Preator Suit (though given his general stance against demons…), and so on.
• With Tadano Hitonari's ascension to the Pantheon (and them being surprised to discover that the DEMONICA was in the Pantheon's Treasury), a change of policy was in consideration in regards to requisitioning and reverse-engineering it. Thus this gave the Grand United Alliances of Good, Law, and Chaos a head start in research. The GUAs of Evil and Destruction, as well as the various Uprisings are now dedicated to capturing the Hitonaris in order to requisition their DEMONICAs for themselves. Other independent forces not among the above who have interest in the suits are trying the same.
• Because this suit improves by killing enemies, pacifist combatants will have a hard time making it stronger, though they can still use and recruit demons with it. One can still get it stronger by having their summoned demons kill on their behalf, though. The Phantom Thieves of Hearts (including Akechi) have also been seen with DEMONICA suits on occasion, though these are just outfits and nothing more. Some interest has been drawn to obtain real suits for themselves, though there's the whole "kill foes to give it power" thing, but Metaverse Shadows might qualify for that.

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@Assist Character I am currently busy but a counter-suggestion for the trope is a rework I am planning in a few months as I clear out my sandbox. Solaire of Astora from Dark Souls.

His current trope before I removed him: Coop Multiplayer, has been suggested by Doodslayer with Atlas and P-Body way back in the thread and has been approved, on top of him being a poor profile. In addition to being a poor fit for the latter trope, him fitting Assist Character is a main aspect of his character as he is the NPC that represents the Warriors of Sunlight convenant, a covenant that depends on cooperating with other players online. Solaire is special because he is an NPC meant to introduce the player to the covenant while also having the ability to be summoned on 4 battles (5 if you count saving him from a Sunlight Maggot later in game).

I swear Loid, you can't draw worth shit!

Need one more paragraph for Shermie, then it will be complete.

Chris, Shermie and Yashiro Nanakase Orochi's Celestial Representatives of Evil People Having Loved Ones (CYS, Team Orochi, Team Awakened Orochi, New Faces Team, Orochi New Faces Team, Heavenly Kings Of Orochi; Chris: Tempo Mixer, Hakkesshu of Fire, Chris of the Flames of Destiny/Honoo no Sadame no Kurisu; Shermie: Coquettish, Hakkesshu of Lightning, Shermie of the Savagely Crazed Flash of Lightning/Are Kuruou Inabikari no Sherumī; Yashiro: Dauntless and Descisive, Hakkesshu of Earth, Yashiro Nanakase of the Parched Earth/Kawaita Daichi no Yashiro)

• Lesser Deities (Intermediate as the Heavenly Kings)
• Symbols: A Drum Set and Microphone, (Chris), A Rickenbacker Guitar (Yashiro), and a Keyboard (Shermie)
• Potential Houses: Villainous Attitude
• No. Of s: Shinobi, Necromancer 10, Excessive-Menace
• Theme Songs:
  • As Team Orochi: Bloody, Re:Bloody
  • As Team Awakened Orochi: Rhythmic Hallucination for Orochi Yashiro, Fanatic Waltz for Orochi Shermie, Mad Fantasy for Orochi Chris
• Alignment: Neutral Evil (Chaotic Evil as the Heavenly Kings)
• Portfolios:
  • Team Orochi, In General: Affably Evil, Back from the Dead, The Bus Came Back, Double Consciousness, Evil Counterparts To Team Japan and Team Ikari, Not So Harmless Villains
    • Team Awakened Orochi, In General: Awesome, but Impractical, Badass Preachers, Being Evil Sucks, Bootstrapped Leitmotifs, Driven to Suicide Via Tracheotomy (they got better), Evil Laugh, Officially Shortened Titles, The Psycho Rangers, Punch Clock Villains, Tragic Villains
  • Chris: Adorably Precocious Child (or so most people think), Dance Battler, Flash Step, Fragile Speedster, No Social Skills, Only One Name, Pint-Sized Powerhouse, Supreme Chef
    • Chris, The Destiny Of Flames: Ax-Crazy, Creepy Child, Evil Laugh, Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon, Faux Affably Evil, Hates Everyone Equally, The Host To Orochi, Jack of All Stats, Misanthrope Supreme, Playing with Fire, The Sociopath
  • Shermie: Boobs Of Steel, Casual Kink, Cleavage Window (or a Navel-Deep Neckline), Combat Stilettos, Cool Big Sis to Chris, Distracted by the Sexy, The Ditz, Dominatrix, Everyone Looks Sexier if French, The Faceless, The Fashionista, Girlish Split Ponytail, Hidden Eyes, Implied Love Interest to Yashiro, Murderous Thighs, Ms. Fanservice, Only One Name, Show Some Leg, Statuesque Stunner, Supermodel Strut, The Tease, Wrestler in All of Us
    • Shermie, The Roaring Lightning: Dark Action Girl, Evil Purple-head, Gendered Outfit, Power Dyes Your Hair, Power Makes Your Voice Deep, Psycho Electro, Purple Is Powerful, Took a Level in Badass
  • Yashiro: Boisterous Bruiser, Close-Range Combatant, Dance Battler, Drench Celebration, Friend to All Living Things, Hellbent For Leather, Lead Vocalist Of CYS And Leader Of Team Orochi, Mystical White Hair, Unskilled, but Strong
    • Yashiro, The Parched Earth: Battle Aura, Dishing Out Dirt, The Grappler, Super-Strength, White Hair, Black Heart, Wrestler in All of Us
• Domains: Music, Destruction, Fighting, Geokinesis (Yashiro), Pyrokinesis (Chris), Electrokinesis (Shermie)
• Superior: Leopold Goenitz
• Allies: Orochi (Senran Kagura), Gohma Vlitra
• Rivals:
  • In General: The Iluminati (Gill, Urien, and Kolin), Cetrion
  • Chris: Tim Drake/Red Robin, Damian Wayne/Robin V, Cassandra Cain/Orphan, I-No
    • Orochi Chris: Fire-based deities, mainly Colonel Roy Mustang, Liu Kang (as the Fire God), Scorpion, Ken Masters, Dhalsim, Azula, Zuko, Sol Badguy, Sasuke Uchiha, Sarada Uchiha
  • Shermie: Helena Douglas, Remy, Rarity
    • Orochi Shermie: Lightning-based deities, mainly Laura Matsuda, Lars Alexandersson, Blanka, Rain, Sheev Palpatine, Boruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha
  • Yashiro: Captain Falcon, Balrog, Jax Briggs, TJ Combo
    • Orochi Yashiro: Earth and strength-based deities, mainly Major Alex Louis Armstrong, Tremor, Toph Beifong, Bane, Sakura Haruno
• Enemies:
  • From The King Of Fighters: Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami (two-thirds of the Sacred Treasures Team), Athena Asamiya
  • Other Enemies: Amaterasu, Susano'o (traditional enemies of Orochi), Avatar Aang, Avatar Korra, Raiden, Fujin, Liu Kang (especially his Fire God counterpart), Nightwolf, Kazuya Mishima, Kazumi Mishima, Jin Kazama, James Howlett/Wolverine, Laura Kinney/X-23, Illyanna Rasputin/Magik, Rachael Roth/Raven
• Vocal Coaches: Freddie Mercury (Shermie) and David Bowie (Yashiro)
• Banned From: House of Treasures - Maximum Security
• In General:
  • The demise of Verse at the conclusion of Antonov's King of Fighters Tournament had an unforseen consequence. Verse's death had released the souls it had imprisoned, not to mention those who had been killed during the past King of Fighters Tournaments have returned to life. Among them are Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie and Chris. Having their lives for Orochi's revival (short-lived as it was, thanks to the Sacred Treasures Team), they found themselves alive once again. The trio were greeted by their fellow Heavenly King, Leopold Goenitz, having ascended to the Pantheon before them. Thanks to Goenitz, Team Orochi's ascension was cleared and thus, the Heavenly Kings of Orochi were reunited.
  • On the outside, they appear to be your run-of-the-mill rock band. That, however, is a 8. Yashiro Nankase, Shermie and Chris are among the eight devotees of Yamata no Orochi, commonly known as the Hakkeshu (Eight Excellent Masses), with the goal of restoring balance to the Earth. Unlike a certain Titan, however, restoring nature's balance means the extermination of mankind. Aside from being musicians, Team Orochi are skilled fighters. But what makes them extremely dangerous is when their Orochi powers awaken, granting them the power of the elements, thus becoming the antithesis of Team Japan. Their personalities also undergo a major change, from being affably evil to outright sadistic. is known as Kawaita Daichi no Yashiro, or Yashiro, The Parched Earth. While not having Earth-based powers per se, Orochi Yashiro's strength and durability increases drastically. Shermie is known as Are Kuruou Inabikari no Sherumī, or Shermie the Roaring Lightning. As the name states, Orochi Shermie unleashes the full fury of her electrokinesis. Finally, Chris is known as Honoo no Sadame no Kurisu, or Chris, the Flames of Destiny. The most sadistic of the trio, Orochi Chris uses his pyrokineses to burn his opponents alive.
  • By chance, Team Orochi's ascension coincided with a music festival, in which Iori Yagami was participating with his band. Yes, when Iori is not fighting in tournaments, butting heads with Kyo or going into the Blood Riot, he is a musician, with jazz being his specialty. Iori was slightly perturbed when CYS showed up and rocked the crowd. It wasn't enough for them to win, but a message was sent. Team Orochi was now in the Pantheon. For Iori, it meant an even bigger headache from someone other than Kyo was now coming. In the meantime, when not scheming with Goenitz to being about Orochi's resurrection, they are spending their time within the Pantheon's music scene. While Yashiro is the vocalist of the trio, Shermie can also carry a tune. Shermie's vocal talents became known during the aforementioned music festival, in which both her and Yashiro wowed the crowd with their cover of Red Like Roses, Pt.2, transforming the song about a daughter grieving over the loss of her mother to a girl grieving over the loss of her lover. Both Freddie Mercury and David Bowie were in attendance and despite CYS losing the competition, know talent when they see it. Hence, Shermie spending time with Freddie building her skills, both as a vocalist and keyboardist. Meanwhile, Yashiro spends 8 hours a day with Ziggy Stardust. One thing for certain, is that the next time Iori's band and CYS meet up, it will be Team Orochi that upstages Iori's band.
  • Colonel Roy Mustang and Major Alex L. Armstrong are monitoring Team Orochi, as they are giving off vibes similar to that of Father's Homunculi, with the exception that they are actually human and not artificially created. As it turns out, both the Flame Alchemist and the Strongarm Alchemist are also persons of interest to Team Orochi's Awakened side, primarily Chris and Yashiro's Awakened personal. Roy and Alex see that Orochi Chris' personality is similar to that of Selim Bradley/Pride the Arrogant: sadistic and outright cruel. The only difference is that while Selim/Pride wants to only enslave mankind, Orochi Chris wants to outright exterminate it. Sasuke Uchiha has also been monitoring Team Orochi, and has brought back some bad news to Naruto, Hinata and Sakura: Orochi Shermie not only has Sasuke in her crosshairs, but also their children, Boruto and Sarada, due to their expertise in Lightning jutsu. It's enough to make even the demure Hinata to kill Shermie just for that. Sakura would just pound Shemie's head in solely on principle.
• Chris/Orochi Chris Only:
  • Orochi Chris' personality is that of a sadist, showing nothing but true malice and hatred for humanity. But he also has a special hatred for fire-based deities. To anyone who knows Chris, they assumed that Kyo Kusanagi would take the top spot. But it's not. Surprisingly, it's Liu Kang that takes the number one spot, with Hanzo Hasashi as the runner-up. O. Chris and his cohorts are interested in the chain of events that led to Liu's ascension as the Fire God and Keeper of Time. O. Chris is very interested in Kronika's Hourglass and Crown, powerful relics that control time itself. Such relics would prove useful in bringing about Orochi's return and the extermination of mankind, thus bringing balance back to the world. For the newly-minted Fire God, it's yet another obstacle in his New Era, one that he takes quite seriously, even if he is a teenager, a sentiment that is shared with Scorpion. One thing for certain, is that the Destiny of Flames will be in for the fight of his life if he - and his teammates - make a move against the Fire God and his allies. After all, the ascended kombatants were no pushover like the American Sports Team.
  • As Chris was the one-time host to Orochi, he sets off red flags to some of the deities who specializes in the mystic arts. Raven and Magik can still sense the mystic residue surrounding Chris, the remnants of Orochi's posession. Chris finds himself on the radar of both Cassandra Cain and Damian Wayne. Both Orphan and Robin V are not deceived by the little Swedish kid who has a taste for Bhutanese food. Given their harsh upbringing in and around the League of Assassins, to Damian and Cassandra, Chris sticks out like a sore thumb. The fact that Chris threatened to barbecue not just the members of the Batfamily, but also the Teen Titans didn't exactly endear him to both Cassandra and Damian. Despite the numerous shenanigans the two troubled children find themselves in, no one threatens their family and friends. "Well, maybe Drake," Damian amended, "but no one can mess with my family but me."
  Chris: "Hmm, maybe I messed around too much. Guess I don't have the right to criticize Yashiro."
  Orochi Chris: "Your deeds are irrelevant. Humanity is a crime in itself."
• Shermie/Orochi Shermie Only:
  • Has developed a (somewhat) friendly rivalry with the Brazilian grappler, Laura Matsuda. Both are outgoing and friendly, with Laura being more bohemian in her lifestyle.Of course, Shermie does feel slightly sad, as Laura will be among those exterminated along with the rest of mankind. "Orochi's will will not be denied," Shermie was on record saying. "However, out of respect for Laura, I will give her a quick and painless death." The same can be said for Helena Douglas. Not only is the DOATEC boss was a fellow Frenchwoman, but is a fan of her opera. Shermie said that Helena's demise would hurt even more, but Orochi's will shall be done. Despite the numerous setbacks, Orochi's return is inevitable.
  Shermie: "You can still stand? Oh, no, it's fine. I'm bored already, so you can stay on the ground."
  Orochi Shermie: "This is judgement, for you refuse to face your human sins."
• Yashiro/Orochi Yashiro Only:
  • While he is passionate about nature to the point that he wants to exterminate mankind in order to restore the balance, Yashiro could do without the preaching from such nature-based deities such as Avatars Aang and Korra. But it's the deified Matoka shaman, Nightwolf, that really gets under his skin. Raiden's right-hand man rubs him the wrong way. "If I want to be lectured, then I'd go and see Goenitz," Yashiro said. While Yashiro can sympathize with Cetrion, he just doesn't like the endgame of Kronika's plan, which is the destruction of the planet at the hands of both Cetrion and her brother, the fallen Elder God, Shinnok. He also disagree with leaving Survivors, as Cetrion believes that once she "baptize the realms with fire," mankind will "emerge from the darkness, humbled... eager to embrace the light." Suffice to say, that Cetrion and Yashiro (and his teammates) won't be allies.
  • He also has drawn the attention of the Illuminati, due to his resemblance to its president, Urien. As Iori Yagami had famously put it, Yashiro "does not fight half-naked, or fire projectiles. The only thing thise two have in common is their strength.." Despite Urien using electric-based powers, it's his raw strength that has earned Yashiro's attention. Yashiro dismisses the brother of Gill, saying that Urien "has delusions of grandeur, " and that "the interloper follows a false messiah." While Urien has no love for his brother, he is interested as to who is stronger between himself and Yashiro. Urien went on record, stating that his "perfect 'Iron Body' is invincible," and that "anyone who resists it will meet their end."
  Yashiro: "What, haven't heard of Nanakase-True-Warrior style karate? It's unbeatable! ...Just kidding, I made it up."
  Orochi Yashiro: "You're finished. Atone for your sins in hell!"

Curious on if going to a timezone thats a day ahead counts to the 3 day wait time.

Edited by M1gamiTensei on Jul 20th 2023 at 5:27:59 AM

Pantheon server for all who click here. Freaking lost $410 and I am hunting down for a nuke to reign down.

@RJ: to Hugo and Light.

Wait, i got Atlas and P-body approved for Coop Multiplayer? I, er, genuinely don't remember proposing them and getting them approved. It's indeed an idea i had for a while but i don't remember posting that idea.

NOISE IS CALLING, PICK UP PHONE

@RJ: for both profiles tbh

@nightelf: After looking at the other entries, for the Shining Force.

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Alright, after a year or two of slacking off from the Pantheons, I think I may have Eraqus' profile done.

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Master Eraqus, God of Strawmen Making Valid Arguments (Master, Sly Fox, Boy in White)

• Possible House: Logic, Character Roles
• Rank: Intermediate God
• Symbol: His Keyblade, the Master Defender.
• Theme Song: Master, Tell Me The Truth
• Alignment: Lawful Good, though can veer into Lawful Neutral when the Darkness is involved.
• Domains: Light, Law, Good, Masters, Teachers, Absolutism
• Keyblade: Master Defender
• Portfolio: Light Is Good, Mentor Archetype, Cool Old Guy, Thinking In Absolutes, Aged More Gracefully Than The Evil Xehanort, Keyblade Master, Used To Represent An Extreme Viewpoint That Holds More Water Than The Writer Intended, Blames Himself For His Pupils' Fates, Properly Paranoid, Knight Templar, Well-Intentioned Extremist, Dies For His Trouble Only To Live On In Terra's Heart, Convincing Xehanort To Stop His Schemes.
• Allies: All heroic Kingdom Hearts deities, but especially Terra, Ventus, Aqua & Xehanort, Ezalor, Danielle Baptiste, Satsuki Kiryuin, Stephen Colbert
• Enemies: The Light of Destruction, the Child Abuse Supporters, Vanitas
• Pities: Shinn Asuka
• Pitied by: Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Opposes: The Hall of Darkness and Shadow, the rest of Xehanort's incarnations, particularly Terra-Xehanort and Xemnas, Sheev Palpatine, the Heartless
• Conflicting Opinion On: Kylo Ren, Kuvira, Riku, Judai Yuki, The Ones, The Venom Symbiote
• A Keyblade Master is one of the highest titles one can be bestowed with in the world of Kingdom Hearts. It establishes that the one bearing the title has passed the Mark of Mastery exam and achieved true mastery over the Keyblade. Eraqus is one such master, and unlike his colleague, Xehanort, who uses his skills for evil, Eraqus passes his knowledge onto his pupils, who he has always loved like his own children.
• His swordplay is matched only by his hatred for the Darkness, which he sees as the root of all evil. It was this, combined with Xehanort's manipulations, that led him into conflict with his oldest pupil, Terra. While extreme in his views, many see him as having had a point, since in the Kingdom Hearts universe, darkness is usually evil, while light is usually good, with Eraqus himself ironically coming closest to being an exception for the latter. Terra used the darkness in their final duel and Xehanort himself primarily uses the darkness, with good Darkness users like Riku being the exception rather than the norm.
• Eraqus' ascension to the Pantheon came about at some point after the third game in his series, after he managed to help Xehanort come to terms with his defeat and redeem himself, the two of them departing for the afterlife. By this time, Xehanort was already in the Pantheon, so his first act was to make sure his old friend wasn't up to anything evil, which he thankfully was not.
• While he is on amicable terms with the main Xehanort, when he learned of his other incarnations, proceedings were less than friendly. Between Ansem's rambling on about darkness, which struck a bit of a nerve in him, and Young Xehanort's generally smug nature, he found himself more than a little annoyed with those two. But when he learned of Terra-Xehanort and Xemnas, he was furious, first thinking they had done something horrible to Terra to be the way they are. Which...yeah, they did, but he was able to be calmed down upon learning that they currently exist separately from the real Terra, who is safe and sound. Nowadays, he is still wary around them, as their very existence unsettles him.
• Learning of his surrogate son's safety, he made it a point to check up on Terra, Ven and Aqua, and found them hanging out at the House of Friendship and Camaraderie. Seeing them so happy after all that they had gone through was nearly enough to move the otherwise-dignified Keyblade Master to tears, and as he revealed himself, he once again reiterated his apology to them for everything they had gone through because of him. Though they forgave him easily and happily, they could not deny that his views on darkness, extreme as they were, were not unfounded, as his trope shows - their experiences with Xehanort taught them that rather handily, but he now has faith that they are strong enough to overcome it.
• As for the other ascended members of his story, he is generally on good terms with the heroes and bad terms with the villains. In particular, he isn't fond of the Heartless. While in his era, he had to deal with the Unversed, he finds the Heartless to be much more potentially dangerous, as they stem from the darkness within people's hearts, and he knows how volatile darkness can be in the wrong hands. But some of them are friendly, which makes him feel a little uneasy, but he has decided to trust them for now. Among the evil Kingdom Hearts deities, however, none are quite so frightening to him as Vanitas. In addition to being pure darkness and loving every second of it, Vanitas may have been one of the original thirteen Darknesses of old. The very idea of such an ancient evil still being around makes Eraqus worried for the future of the Pantheon itself.
• Even knowing that Terra and Aqua managed to overcome the darkness, Eraqus is still a little wary around darkness-users, and as such steers clear of the Hall of Darkness and Shadow. Dark Is Evil is a very real and very common trope, something Eraqus is aware of. Even if he now recognises through Terra that Dark Is Not Evil can exist, that most of the the Hall's residents are evil is not helping. Most of all, he opposes Chernabog, the resident God of Malevolent Darkness, who he never met in life, but knows exists in his world. Knowing he can rely on fellow Keyblade warriors like Sora to stop him should he rise puts his mind at ease.
• Naturally, he is much more comfortable and at home in the Hall of Light and Brightness, where he gets along with many of the deities there. Among them, he is impressed with the endeavours of Danielle Baptiste and Satsuki Kiryuin, taking pity on the former for her responsibilities as the Angelus and the latter for her suffering at the hands of her own mother, and wishes to be a figure of respect and support for the two of them. He also looks up to Ezalor as a heroic opposite to Chernabog. However, the Light of Destruction, and all it represents, deeply unnerves him, and he wishes not to associate with it.
  • This has also led to an interesting relationship with Judai Yuki, who wields the Gentle Darkness to counteract the Light of Destruction. Judai's experiences has taught him that darkness can be dangerous, as with it, he became the villainous Supreme King and hurt his friends, but also that it isn't inherently evil. Eraqus believes there is a lot to learn from Judai's story, and gladly takes its lessons to heart.
• Often, Eraqus will spend time in the Hall of Legacy and Influence, finding a strange kinship with the more heroically-aligned deities there due to seeing Terra, Ven and Aqua as his own legacy. Among them, however, he spends the most time with Obi-Wan Kenobi, who he has found to be quite similar to himself. Kenobi, however, takes pity on Eraqus, knowing how tragically his tale ended, and gives him his condolences. It goes both ways, too, as Eraqus recognises that Terra stayed a good kid at heart the entire time, which is more than can be said for Anakin.
  • While he looks upon Anakin/Vader with pity, watching the revolving door that is Kylo Ren makes him feel more conflicted than anything. As the avatar of repeating history, Eraqus sees him as someone who must be monitored, lest he fall back into the Dark Side, but he has agreed to let things play out for now, as knowing his track record, involving himself in that story may only make things worse.
• In general, Eraqus has mixed feelings on the Jedi and the Sith Order. While his past self would have instantly jumped onto the "Jedi good, Sith bad" train that many are prone to do, Eraqus now has reflected on himself, recognising it's not just black and white. The saying that "Only a Sith deals in absolutes" in particular has been incredibly thought-provoking to Eraqus, who dealed in absolutes right up until his final living moments. For this reason, he isn't sure what to make of The Ones, who embody each side of the Force, its balance included. The Son is someone to be wary around, and his killing of his sister reminds Eraqus of his own death at Xehanort's hands, but the Daughter and Father seem amicable enough, with the former even asking him not to hate her brother. In the end, he wonders if the Dark Side truly can find balance with the Light Side, and what that says about the Darkness and Light in his own world.
• While not a villain by any definition, Eraqus still finds himself drawn to the Hall of Anti-Villains, feeling that they understand his struggles, and vice versa, better than their heroic counterparts. In particular, and in no small part due to the similarity in their tropes, Kuvira has become something of a point of curiosity for him. Both of them find kindred spirits in one another, being antagonistic individuals who are deemed to have quite a good point, but are made out as extremists regardless, which, while they are willing to accept the error of their ways now, they were still in vehement belief that they were right at the time. Eraqus isn't sure what to make of Kuvira's more amoral actions, such as almost killing Bataar Jr. or becoming a tyrant, but he knows what it is like to put a goal ahead of one's loved ones, and recognises that she is truly sorry, so he has chosen not to judge her too harshly for it.
• In spite of all this, Eraqus was not initially sure what was meant by a "strawman", feeling mild confusion as he noted he was made from flesh and blood like any normal man. Asking around led him in the direction of Stephen Colbert, the God of Straw Characters, who, though initially annoyed at the implication that he didn't have a point, was able to explain it to him. Eraqus now occasionally finds himself spending time with the news reporter, finding him peculiar but somewhat interested in his ramblings about this "America" he speaks of.
• He has nothing but pity for Shinn Asuka, seeing in him a younger, more messed-up version of himself. From his unhealthy belief in absolutes leading to his insanity, to his painful decision of having to choose between being lawful and being good, he recognises that rather than being seen as simply mad, he needed someone to be there for him, and wonders how differently things would have been if he'd had a good mentor to guide his way. Seeing what Asuka has gone through also made Eraqus take a good look at himself, wondering just how badly he screwed up with the Wayfinder Trio, and how he could have ended up if things had been different - for better or for worse.
• During his time in training to be a Keyblade Master, Eraqus and Xehanort had an encounter with the Magic Mirror. Fascinated by the talking artefact, Eraqus would ask it all manner of questions, some insightful, some less so, only to be interrupted by Xehanort, who reminded him that they were still on a mission. Seeing it again in the Pantheon was quite unexpected, to say the least, and he simply had to ask some more questions, just for old time's sake.
• Upon learning about the Venom Symbiote and its nature, Eraqus was left feeling a mix of confusion and plain uncertainty. The Klyntar were made to devour gods and destroy "the Light", which would have made Eraqus instantly declare them in need of eradication. What interests him, however, is that once they were freed from their Hive Mind, they instantly betrayed their creator and attempted to protect the Light instead. Being both a form of corruption and highly corruptible themselves, Eraqus figures they most likely mean well, but need to be guided away from those who would use them for evil.

"Darkness is our enemy. Would that we could be rid of it. Push the darkness down. Give it no quarter in your heart."

Edited by Iceaura39 on Jul 21st 2023 at 6:16:54 PM

It is I, the narrator, categorising addict and writer of books you haven't read.

@ Excessive-Menace: Thank you for the heads-up about the potholes and the thumbs-up on Guile.
@ RJ: for both.

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Everyone else, see previous page for my Guile rework proposal.

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Asking for advice on the following upgrades:

• Looking for enemies for Excellen, preferably ones similar to Lemon Browning^* Came Back Wrong Evil Counterpart from a parallel dimension, Lamia Loveless’s creator, mother of Kaguya Nanbu’s boyfriend Haken and the Einst ^* alien creatures who genetically modified Excellen as part of a plot to destroy and recreate humanity as a soulless nonfactor to the universe
• A possible example of an assignment Selena took from Nick Fury Jr.

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Excellen Browning and Selena Recital, Goddesses of Flirtation, Innuendo, and Teasing (Excellen: Ex-neesama, Miss Excell, Sexcellen Browning | Selena: Ensign Recital, Second Lieutenant Recital, Miss Selena)

• House: Love and Affection (Hall of Persons of Desire)
• Lesser Goddesses
• Symbol:
  • Excellen: Chibi-Weissritter with a heart sign nearby, or a set of bunny suits.
  • Selena: Her breasts, (ever in motion◊)
• Theme Music
  • Excellen: Silver Fallen Angel
  • Selena: Crying Survivor
• Alignment:
  • Excellen: Lawful Good
  • Selena: True Neutral with Neutral Good leanings
• Portfolios: Notorious Flirting and Teasing, Ladies of Fanservice, Buxom Is Better, Great Piloting Skill, Action Girls
  • Excellen: BFGs, Very Cool Big Sister, Half Human, Half Einst, Strong Against Alcohol, Fun Personified, Shameless Fanservice Girl
  • Selena: Sole Survivor, Vengeful Tendencies, Stellar BOING-YOING-YOING!, Mastery of Disguise, Ninja and Infiltration
• Domains: Love, War, Fanservice; Fun (Excellen); Revenge (Selena)
• Heralds: Einst Alfimi (Excellen’s clone), Elma (Selena’s support robot)
• Allies: Kyosuke Nanbu (Excellen's boyfriend), Lamia Loveless, Setsuko Ohara, Bright Noa, Kamille Bidan, Amuro Ray, Kouji Kabuto, Frank West, Yoruichi Shihouin
  • Excellen: Kaguya Nanbu, Xiaomu and Reiji Arisu, Sanger Zonvolt, Axel Almer, Ryusei Date, Lockon Stratos
  • Selena: Mai Shiranui, Kasumi, Charlie Nash, Josiah "Jed" Bartlet, Nick Fury, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Rashid, Ahsoka Tano, Brock Samson
• Friendly Rivalry
  • Excellen: Akeno Himejima
  • Selena: Alex Louis Armstrong
• Not to be Confused With: Excel (Excellen)
• Enemies:
  • Excellen: Anavel Gato, Jerid Messa
  • Selena: Rau Le Creuset, Annie Leonhart, Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, Father and most of the Homunculi
• Complicated Opinion
  • Towards: Char Aznable
  • From: Etna, Noel Vermillion
• Fangirl of: Domon Kasshu (Excellen)
• The cross-continuity multiverse of the Super Robot Wars boasts many kinds of interesting people, which is only to be expected considering the myriad of different worlds of Humongous Mecha riders that end up being melded into its everarching conflicts. However, while the elseworld guests are the draw at first glance, those whose origins start from the central binding reality tend to be most crucial, both to its conflicts and to the flavor of the world itself. Take for example, two striking female Real Robot pilots, known well for their excellent piloting skills and intelligence as women; yet they particularly stand out for their full-fledged reveling in the joys of using their curvaceous figures to flirt and tease at will.
  • Excellen Browning pilots the sniping-based Weissritter, which has been mutated into the Rein Weissritter. Known for being the life of the party, she is boundlessly cheerful, majorly flirty, will play the tease with absolutely anyone, and routinely messes up Japanese and Chinese proverbs. She's even been known to walk around a base wearing sexy bunny suits just for the viewing pleasure of surrounding guys. Despite all of thee things, she is completely devoted to her boyfriend, fellow pilot Kyosuke Nanbu, serving as the playful complement to Kyosuke's serious and stoic countenance.
  • Selena Recital pilots the ninja-style Assault Scouter Soleares, and now by its upgraded form AS Alegrias. She is an extremely coyly flirtatious and playful woman with a very… uh… "mobile" pair of assets who tends to speak with Gratuitous Spanish and frequently hop around between factions. She's assisted by her Robot Buddy "Elma", a little communicative support robot in charge of assisting her piloting, serving as her co-pilot.
• Originally, the two were in the Pantheon in separate places, with Excellen holding this temple solo in the Hall of Romance while Selena served in the Hall of Female Anatomy as Goddess of Bouncing Breasts. They first met when Selena took interest in Excellen's ideas about bunny suits, as this seemed like an easier way to distract people (of either gender) with her… assets. As it goes without saying, both of these ladies rather enjoy playing The Tease, giving various gods nosebleeds, or at least Luminescent Blushes, at the sight of their pneumatic bosoms, and they bonded over this. Upon hearing that Selena's temple was to be decommissioned, Excellen actually got a bit upset, and knowing that Selena likes to toy around similar to how she does albeit for different reasons, she used that to petition the Court of the Gods to bring Selena back in exchange for sharing her temple with her. (Said temple was also moved between Halls due to a classification fix, with some figuring that teasing had more to do with provoking desire than romancing anyone.)
• It's worth noting that these are not the only women seen within their franchise to come with large breasts and flirtatious tendencies. In fact, Excellen has met and gotten along splendidly with Kaguya Nanbu and Xiaomu, whose appearances and personalities seem to be a direct homage to her. Selena only ever met Kaguya in passing due to sharing the same Hall, and had yet to speak with Xiaomu until after sharing a temple with Excellen, but did offer her comments when Excellen told her about them.
  • When Kaguya first ascended, Excellen thought Kyosuke was cheating on her. Just joking, she just felt like meeting the girl personally. For Kyosuke's worth, he barely even responded to that accusation, returning the flattest of dismissals in response. When they actually met, the first thing Excellen did was to glomp her. She took such a liking to Kaguya that she ended up requesting to Kyosuke that she'd be the 'third daughter'. She's happy when Kyosuke rolls with it. Selena, upon being told the tale, was rather unimpressed that Excellen went with the cheating joke first, considering that Kaguya sharing Kyosuke’s name would much more likely hint at familial relation than a dalliance. This did cause Excellen to reflect on why Kyosuke no-sold that joke but was much warmer to the 'third daughter' remarks.
  • As for Xiaomu, Excellen and her boyfriend were introduced to the fox spirit and her Shinra comrade Reiji Arisu by their friend Sanger Zonvolt, noting the similarities to each other. While things were a bit rocky between the guys when Reiji commented that Kyosuke was too much of a gambler, Excellen and Xiaomu hit it off almost instantly, making plans to have a girls’ night out within thirty minutes of knowing each other. The invitation would be passed forward to Selena, who agreed to attend if she could as long as Excellen gave her a heads up in advance when it was scheduled.
• Both Excellen and Selena were invited to partake in Frank West's PERFECT EROTICA photoshoot back when they operated separately. Since banding together, the two have received yet another invite as a duo, with the idea being for them to simulate a catfight. While initially played straight, mutual admiration kicked in and led to the ladies doing more tag team, friendship, and embracing poses than combative ones. Rather than complaining about the change in tone, Frank gleefully ran with this, and the three would sit down after the shoot to come up with a tag team name to sell it under. As Excellen recalled the time she tried to get BRIAN BLESSED to christen her as (S)EXCELLEN BROWNING (more on that in her section below), Frank and Selena both got inspired to actually run with it, resulting in the photoshoot being called “PURE S[E)XCEL(LEN]A”, formatted as a clever portmanteau of the girls’ names as well as Excellen’s personal tribute to the former God of Merriment. Their edition was one of the most successful to date, with many fans wanting to see PURE S[E)XCEL(LEN]A actually become a tag team.
• Someone else they both met back when they had separate temples would be Setsuko Ohara, the Sphere Reactor of the Sorrowful Maiden. With Excellen, it’s thanks to her ties to Masaki Andoh, one of the Masou Kishin Heralds, who she helped out during a civil war on La Gias while she was transported there. Masaki, having made it to the Pantheon, met Setsuko after she ascended and initially caught her ire due to resembling the man who made her life a living hell just to activate her powers. When told about this, Excellen personally went to see the girl and convince her that Andoh and her tormentor were not the same guy; she slowly came around after this, accepting him as a tenuous ally. Selena, meanwhile, after having her own communications with Masaki and the Heralds after they heard she’d become involved with their former archrival, did some research on them and their circumstances and discovered all of this. Thus, when Setsuko came to visit her after learning that of her ties to said former enemy, Selena was the less surprised of the two, explaining to her that her connection to that man was actually a past encounter with him alongside her last Jelba teammate. Looking back on this time rather fondly, she assured Setsuko that Shu Shirakawa would mean no trouble as far as she could tell.
  • While Masaki, Shu, and friends would all later leave the Pantheon, Setsuko's ties to Excellen and Selena remain to this day. Excellen's favorite female to render 'victim' to her teasing wiles used to be Lamia Loveless, the android she befriended during the 2nd OG campaign, but after the deification of Setsuko and learning of her dilemma, Excellen showed some of her subtle wisdom and switched her focus more to Setsuko as her main 'victim' in order to cheer her up. Lamia wholeheartedly agreed with this decision, and the three of them could be seen hanging out together a lot, with Excellen sort of being the "ringleader" of their little crew. Meanwhile, Selena has become something of a mentor for Setsuko, both for keeping interested men at arm's distance and for learning to control the effects of her Sphere so she can use its power without losing her five senses, something the case of Gadlight Meonsam shows is in fact possible. Since joining Excellen in her temple, Selena has been privy to much of Excellen's antics with Setsuko and Lamia. She sometimes joins them of her own accord, at other times observes while minding her own business until Setsuko calls her over for company.
• There is an ulterior motive behind this friendly partnership, though, and it all resolves around the Shadow-Mirror, a warmongering army from a harsh parallel dimension that encroached upon the main world of SRW in hopes of plunging it into eternal war. Excellen has had plenty of personal experience with Shadow-Mirror enemies, especially considering the case of Lemon Browning, Excellen's Evil Counterpart who built Lamia and the other W-Numbers. This experience caused her as well as Lamia to notice peculiar details about Selena, from her robot being an Assault Scouter type to her talent for technological assimilation, which are eerily similar to those of Shadow-Mirror agents. Excellen is hoping to find out if Selena is in any way connected to the Shadow-Mirror, whether it be just the dimension or the organization itself, or if she just happens to be similar enough to eventually be worth their attention. Any one of these answers means Selena could be tapped for additional information on them in case they have any plans for the Pantheon, one way or another. Miss Excell is also willing to explore Lamia’s theory about Asakim Dowin being Shadow-Mirror as well due to being such a blatant Shadow Archetype of Masaki Andoh, though she isn’t totally convinced of it (and he’s currently not present to provide the lead, in any case).
• Applies to Excellen:
  • Excellen was involved in a shuttle crash during her youth that killed everyone on board, except for her and one other passenger: Kyosuke Nanbu, who shielded her from the flaming debris. Although, to see both of their conditions in the aftermath you would think the case of who shielded who were the other way around: while Kyosuke had barely a few bruises on him, Excellen was in such bad shape as to be described as ‘’damaged beyond repair'', with the likelihood of her survival and recovery being slim to none. Somehow (more on that below), she not only survived the crash, but went on to take part in the Super Robot Wars on behalf of the Earth Federation, and in fact was recruited before Kyosuke. When he finally came on board and joined the Federation’s forces, she reintroduced herself to him (he had forgot their first meeting), and their budding relationship began.
    • In the Original Generations timeline, Kyosuke and Excellen’s post-shuttle reunion occurred on-scren when they were inducted into the ATX Team alongside Bullet Luckfield and their mentor Sanger Zonvolt. They also got involved in a war between The Federation and the United Colony Corps (at the same time the SRX Team were contending with the UCC's allies the Divine Crusaders). Ironically, Sanger would end up apparently defecting to the Divine Crusaders’ side, causing Kyosuke to take over as the ATX Team’s leader while Excellen became his solid #2, with their potent combination being just as good as Sanger’s leadership. She would later end up being transported into La Gias, hiding as a co-leader of a bandit gang before being fished out by Masaki Andoh and helping him out with a civil war.
    • In the Compact 2/Impact Timeline, Excellen’s reunion with Kyosuke already happened off-screen while he was still a simple test pilot, and both were involved in parts of the Londo Bell alliance. While Kyosuke was tagging along with the Gandor squad and any allies they pick up along the way, Excellen was with Bright Noa and the rest of Londo Bell, fighting her own battles alongside Duke Fleed, Quattro Bajeena, and their allies, as well as other allies they meet up with along the way around the same time.
  • Along the way, she would get entranced by the Einst and pulled away from everyone else for a while before waking up to find herself under attack by several Einst before Londo Bell and/or the ATX Team came to her rescue. One of the Einst, Alfimi, is also a regular intruder in the local battles against the usual enemies. There was also the certain strange giant asteroid that seemed to be their (and other villainous actions they've allied with) "base of operations", and there were debates on what to do in response. Eventually, the heroes pieced together that the Einst have special interest in Excellen, which ultimately leads to certain truths coming to the forefront (more on that below).
  • Excellen is immune to mental illusions, though physical ones like holograms can still fool her. Also, when it comes to traitor revelations, instead of letting one say, wallow in self-pity, think it's just a nightmare, or come around to the truth in their own time, she prefers to lay it all out as bluntly and quickly as possible. Her friendly personality doesn’t mean she can be BS’ed. Already quite a few consummate liars in the Pantheon have tried pulling a fast one on her in order to either seduce her or get her to help them with something, and she has summarily seen through them and shut them down. Some have remarked that there’s something inhuman about her sense of perception. The reasoning for this comes down to the true reason why she survived the shuttle crash. Newsflash: she actually didn't.
    • The shuttle accident fatally wounded her, but then she was taken by an alien species called the Einst, who rebuilt and rejuvenated her body with their technology, turning her into essentially a humanoid member of their species. To be more exact, she’s described as being 80% Einst, 20% human. In fact, the Einst had orchestrated the crash in the first place as part of their Adam and Eve Plot to recreate humanity after destroying it, using the pair as their means of repopulating the Earth with humans, but without emotion to stop them from becoming threats. The only real reason this plot failed was because Kyosuke legitimately survived the crash. Thus, they created Alfimi, an artificial human-Einst clone of Excellen, for the purpose of bringing her to the Einst or, barring that, coercing Kyosuke to unite with Alfimi. However, Kyosuke and Excellen were able to instead convince Alfimi to turn from her creators’ way, with Alfimi helping to destroy them.
  • Has teased virtually every deity in the Pantheon with the chance to see her or the deity of their choice in a bunny suit. Reactions vary. Her favorite victims of teasing include Ichigo Kurosaki, Issei Hyodo — who had a rather uncontrollable reaction once, and Guy Cecil, who gives out the best flustered reaction, she thinks. She even once competed with one of Issei's harem girls, Akeno Himejima, in a contest of who could tease the most gods in one day. The scorekeepers lost count of the result, but Excellen and Akeno became friends ever since and can be seen sometimes training together. Her goal is to make her boyfriend Kyosuke pull that reaction, but she has yet to succeed.
  • Excellen eagerly joined the great BRIAN BLESSED in adding merriment to the Pantheon, and thus BRIAN BLESSED has considered her a rare breed of female Boisterous Bruiser. At one point as a result of that, Excellen insisted that her name be transcribed as (S)EXCELLEN BROWNING ?, but got refused. Despite outwardly pouting at the rejection, she was secretly pleased by the chatter this moment created, with some deities giving her props for the attempt and others cheerfully “petitioning” for the Sexcellen nickname to eventually catch on. While BRIAN BLESSED has since left the Pantheon, this ultimately became the inspiration behind the “S[E)XCEL(LEN]A” moniker for her and Selena’s tag team photoshoot with Frank West, with the shoot itself being dedicated to BRIAN BLESSED.
  • Whenever a set of deities from Mecha-series worlds approach Kyosuke and Excellen and ask for both of their presence, she tends to think they’re finally going to arrange a marriage between her and Kyosuke (which prompts her to act bashful and say “Oh nooo! I’m not ready for thiiis...”). However, normally they’re just enlisting the two to help out during a crisis situation that needs Real Robot pilots, bringing Kyosuke on as a field leader and Excellen as his lieutenant because they recognize that the two are one of the best duo-teams in the Pantheon. Thankfully this is also acceptable for her. Even on the battlefield she’s occasionally prone to bubbly outbursts causing Kyosuke to direct her to focus on the task at hand, but this is usually in good fun to keep him on his toes and she really is paying attention.
  • At one point, much to Excellen's horror, she was unable to say anything except words or sentences she has said before, losing touch with something. As much as she tried to cheer things up via Talking with Signs to her friends (or jumbled messages based on the things she has said and recorded in the past), this is a very big blow to the otherwise perpetually cheerful Excellen. Others who were connected through this strange sense of sadness and loss at the same time but were not as physically affected, such as Iris of Repliforce, Mihoshi Kuramitsu, and even Buffy Summers, came to cheer her up almost every day. 51 days later she regained her normal self, but the occasional pang of wistfulness is still there, and her vocal base seems like it's trying or waiting to change...
  • “What does D stand for? Demon? Destroyer? My cup size?”
• Applies to Selena:
  • Tragically, Selena is a military ghost from an Earth Federation unit called Team Jelba. The team was close-knit, almost like a family, but as she was ranked as an ensign, she wouldn’t be privy to the bigger details of some of their missions. This includes Mission Doll, a mission whose data was encrypted within Elma, whre her teammates were all destroyed by an enemy unit of masked soldiers. A furious Selena had managed to shoot off the mask of said unit’s leader, whose face she later recognized as that of an Earth Federation commander. She spent months seeking revenge against that woman while the galaxy was once again plunged into warfare.
  • While hopping through various factions that were being pitted against each other, she found targets from the same masked army that killed her team on numerous occasions, including one where the masked woman and the commander both appeared at the same time fighting against one another. In particular, meeting Sleigh Presty and Ibis Douglas of the Project Terrestrial Dream group caused her to start seeing things a bit more clearly, ultimately choosing her friendship with them above her quest for revenge. As it goes, it was while letting go of her vengeful tendencies that she came into the truth about her crew’s killer, meaning both the singular perpetrator and the conquering army as a whole; she became instrumental in the ensuing ultimately victory over the Ze Balmary Empire.
  • The Highly-Visible Ninja aesthetic to Soleares/Alegrias isn't just for show; Selena herself is very skilled at espionage despite her own flashy uniform, often infiltrating enemy ranks and adapting their knowledge and technology for her own purposes. Her skills are advanced to the point she's actually infiltrated a Blue Cosmos terror cell operation for an entire week while disguised as a man. She also carries an energy knife/whip and knows how to use it, both on foot and while piloting Alegrias (and yes, the handheld and Alegrias versions are each adjusted to the appropriate size). The teasing stuff, while she does enjoy doing it, was ironically employed a way for her to keep others from getting too close to her, as behind the flirty facade, she's actually a very professional and duty-focused soldier; that's the side of her you need to see to know that she's loyal to you.
  • Many denizens of the Pantheon look at Yuuki Terumi and Zamasu as the obvious most threatening examples of depraved omnicidal mania and hatred of humanity. Selena believes the attention these two get is misguided because it allows at least one very important enemy of similar stripes to fall under the radar. Case in point: Rau Le Creuset. Due to her very temporary alliance with ZAFT, Selena is quite aware of what Commander Creuset is truly capable of, seeing his courteous approach to ruthless warfare as a mask for his true nihilistic intentions. One such example she cites is when he tried to use Athrun Zala’s retrieval of Lacus Clyne from a willing Kira Yamato as a pretext to launch an ambush on Kira and the Strike Gundam, which was the lynchpin for her and two members of the Alpha Numbers to defect from Creuset’s ZAFT team to rejoin the Earth Federation.
  • Has a friendly competition with Major Armstrong involving bouncing things off their bodies, her breasts vs. his muscles. She does it to encourage him as a soldier who she respects, and because it's fun. She's also friendly with Mai Shiranui and Kasumi, both of whom are well-endowed kunoichi. She and Mai hit it off especially well, as Mai approves of the use of sensual distraction as a martial tactic.
  • Charlie Nash, both impressed with her particular skills and sympathetic to her tragedy due to the details of his own mission and deaths, approached Selena with an opportunity. She initially used her "tease" persona to keep silent on what it is, as well as who else may know about it. Eventually things became a bit more clear when the details of how Father Homunculus was able to orchestrate the ascension of Führer-President King Bradley were disseminated to the public despite the Homunculi thwarting Guile and Chun-Li’s investigation and forcing Charlie to pull them out early, and then Selena accompanied Nash to the office of President Josiah Bartlet while discussing the matter of forming a team to handle similar threats as Shadaloo and the Ze Balmary Empire. They very quickly reunited with Nash’s friend, Rashid of the Turbulent Wind, and later also aligned with Ahsoka Tano and Brock Samson.
  • It’s notable that Selena makes no play to tease either Nash or Rashid, instead respecting Charlie as a captain and regularly bickering with the Turbulent Wind. This is in fact treated as a sign that she holds the two in hgih regard. Proving the point, she once saved Rashid from being crushed by Annie Leonhart in her Female Titan form, which created a fast enmity between the two ladies. Samson, being who he is, occasionally tries to bed her after seeing her fight. She plays hot-and-cold with Brock while using these encounters to take notes on him, but this typically goes nowhere.
  • Some research on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s connections show that she's also occasionally done some work for Nick Fury in the past. Though it’s uncertain to what extent she works for Fury, what is known is that she typically deals with Fury Jr. as he’s more active these days. She did recognize Clint Barton during the conflict with the Homunculi even though he’d been called in by Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye.
  • “How cute...I guess he wants to play?”

Edited by SomeoneElse17 on Jul 20th 2023 at 8:02:57 AM

Here's a proposal:

The Student Six ^Members Sandbar, Yona, Gallus, Silverstream, Ocellus, and Smolder, Divine Party of Representatives (Young Six)

• In the eighth season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Twilight Sparkle opens a school to teach friendship to all the creatures of the world. Most of the students are ponies, but there are also five pupils representing the setting's other most-prominent species: Gallus the griffon, Silverstream the hippogriff, Yona the yak, Smolder the dragon, and Ocellus the changeling. The five of them become friends with each other and an Earth pony named Sandbar, and together they form a Cast Herd. In the finale, they help save Equestria.

Necromancer 10 has The Heroes of New Alberia reserved and approved for that trope.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Jul 20th 2023 at 10:46:13 AM

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN!

Oops.

@Eraqus Perhaps you can include images of both Armor of the Master and the Boy in White? He would also be enemies with the Heartless, as they represent Darkness in people's hearts (though I don't know what he would say about the more friendly Heartless such as most of the Mushroom Heartless as well as the Flan Heartless). Vanitas would also likely be an enemy too, especially if the implication about him being one of the Thirteen Darknesses fought by the Dandelions is true.

@Nitro Indigo If you still want to find a trope for the Student Six, Phantom Fire is currently reserving them for Face Your Fears. You'll need to ask permission from him first and also explain why they fit that trope here in this forum.

Edited by Mattman_the_Storyteller on Jul 20th 2023 at 12:05:19 PM

Heya, quick question; why is Kiwi The Bard in Opposing Fate? The game has it so that Kiwi was more than eager to prove themselves to be more than just a Bard by being willing to go after the Earthsong pieces once Eyala told them about it. Wouldn't it be more fitting for them to be in Heroic Outlooks or Heroic Actions?

Edit: And the move is complete!

Edited by kingvideogames on Jul 20th 2023 at 12:28:54 PM

Time to rise and shine. Good morning!

Consider them added.

It is I, the narrator, categorising addict and writer of books you haven't read.

You are right. You can move him there if you want.

@Zoffy

"May your heart be your guiding key"

Well, I can't think of a replacement trope for Kirby's animal friends, so I'd like to shift my focus to the trope they currently have; does anyone have any ideas for who would be a better representative for Assist Character?

Freudian Excuse: Not one person is entirely good or evil; something will have to have happened in the past to make them what they are today.

3 days have passed, Magolor has been reworked, and Easily Forgiven is freed up.