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    The Shadow Dragons 
The Shadow Dragonsnote , Unholy Embodiments of Punishing Good Deeds (Jaaku Ryuu, Xeno Shadow Dragons, Destroyers Born of Dragon Balls, Legion of Shadow Dragons; Syn: Omega Shenron, Yi Xinglong, One-Star Dragon, Trascended Omega Shenron | Haze: Rian Xinglong, Two-Star Dragon | Eis: San Xinglong, Three-Star Dragon | Nuova: Suu Xinglong, Four-Star Dragon | Rage: Uu Xinglong, Five-Star Dragon | Oceanus: Ryuu Xinglong, Six-Star Dragon, Princess Oto | Naturon: Qi Xinglong, Seven-Star Dragon)
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The Seven Shadow Dragons (top to bottom: Eis, Nuova, Rage, Haze (left), Oceanus (right), Naturon and Syn (center)
Black Smoke Shenron
The Shadow Dragons' Alternate Forms (top from left to right: Naturon's base form, Saiyan-form and Oceanus' true form; bottom: Rage Shenron's full slime body)
As the Xeno Shadow Dragons
Trascended Omega Shenron
  • Collectively Overdeities. Overdeities (Black Smoke Shenron, Omega Shenron, Trascended Omega Shenron, Super Nuova Shenron and Super Eis Shenron, individually as the Xeno Shadow Dragons or when possessing sufficiently strong hosts). Borderline Overdeities (Rage with his full Slime form, Eis, Nuova, Syn and Naturon (with a Saiyan absorbed)). Greater Deities (Rage in his base form, Oceanus and Naturon in his mole form). Intermediate God (Haze). Lesser God (Naturon in his base form.)
  • Symbol: The cracked Dragon Balls; alternatively the corrupted Dark Dragon Balls.
  • Theme Song: Dragon Ball's Final Fantasy, Birth of the Evil Dragons, The Evil Dragons, Destroyers Born from the Dragon Balls (Shadow Dragons).
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil (as a whole). Neutral Good, formerly Chaotic Neutral (Nuova)
  • Portfolio: Punish the Heroes for Using the Dragon Balls to Help, Sorting Algorithm of Evil, Each Corresponds to one of the Earth Dragon Balls, Will Someday Come Back from Negative Energy Despite Being Destroyed, Omnicide-Seeking Deity Dragons for the Hell of It, Their Initials Spell "SHENRON" in the Dub.
  • Domains: Dragons, Wishes, Evil, Punishment, Good Deeds, Karma
  • Allies (except Nuova): Nekron, Yapool, Apocalymon, Vanitas, Hexxus, The Lich, Void Termina, Chaos (Sailor Moon), Zorc Necrophades.
  • Enemies (except Nuova): All Dragon Ball Deities (especially Goku, Vegeta, Chronoa and Ace), The Sailor Senshi, Kirby, The Genie, Jeanie, Cosmo and Wanda, The Incubators, The Phantom Thieves, The Aladdin Deities, The Adventure Time Deities, The Heroic Puella Magi Madoka Magica Deities, Mario, Luigi, Anna, Elsa, The House of Nature (especially the Meditators of Nature).
  • Rivals: Alduin, Grima, King Ghidorah, Aku, Dharkon
  • Oppose: Beerus, Whis and the Zenos
  • Opposed by: Dr. Myuu and Baby, Mr. Burns, Derek Powers
  • Special Relationship: Shenron (Their collective Good Counterpart), DBZ Broly (occasional ally/enemy)
  • Odd Friendship with: Chaos (Nuova) GMK Godzilla, O.Dio (the other 6 Dragons)
  • The Dragon Balls were mystical artifacts in Universe 7; created by the Namekian Kami who become the God of Planet Earth, the Dragon Balls were to grant the wishes of humans by the hand of Kami's life-linked dragon, Shenron, to make a better world but were scattered after each use as means of preventing their abuse. But because of the many perils the Saiyan warrior Goku and his friends faced the Dragon Balls began to be used more and more to fix the damage their enemies caused and as it would turn out negative energy resulting from each wish overloaded the Dragon Balls leading to them getting cracked and corrupted. During the final chapters of the story of Goku and after the threat of Super Android 17 and Doctors Myuu's and Gero's attempt to conquer the Universe with a legion of defeated villains freed from Hell was dealt with, the warriors of Earth gathered the Dragon Balls one last time to wish all the lost lives of this tragedy back, but instead of the benevolent Shenron, a malevolent corrupt version known as Black Smoke Shenron emerged, after mocking the humans' concerns and announcing his intent to bring the end of everything, he split himself into seven dragons of incredible power and evil; Syn, Haze, Eis, Nuova, Rage, Oceanus and Naturon. These Shadow Dragons represented each one of the Dragon Balls and were born each from a wish made on the Dragon Balls throughout Goku's story, and the more selfless and benevolent the wish the more malevolent its Dragon was, they wreaked havoc across Earth, forcing Goku (and his granddaughter Pan who tagged along) to defeat each and every last one of them. While he managed to defeat most of them, Goku would meet his match in Syn Shenron, the one-star Dragon and strongest of the bunch; with his superior strength, power, abilities and intellect Syn easily beat Goku even with SS4 his then strongest transformation and absorbed the once-purified Dragon Balls to empower himself into his ultimate form, Omega Shenron, planning to use his power to spread the negative energy across the entire Universe and destroy everything without any hope of recovery. But Goku and his friends didn't give up and after being given power from every mortal in the Universe, Goku created the Universal Genkidama and used it to destroy Omega Shenron and the Shadow Dragons for good; though the corruption hadn't gone away entirely, forcing Goku and Shenron to leave Earth for 100 years.
  • One day the Dragon Balls were gathered in the Pantheon by the Z-Warriors in order to grant a rather insignificant wish of Bulma's so she would be 5 years younger; but to their late realization of horror the Dragon Balls were cracked this time around and when Shenron was to be summoned the Shadow Dragons were unleashed instead and proceeded to go on a rampage. After they were contained by Goku and Vegeta with help from Nuova, the Dragons were separated from their Dragon Balls and then relocated to a temple within the Hall of Heroic Actions where they now reside waiting for the chance to strike back at the world and every single Universe there is, to fully realize their goals from the mortal worlds once again now aiming to use their newly-gained knowledge of every universe within the Pantheon to expand their negative energy usage and once and for all end all of existence. Various DB villains have been interested in the Dragons' power as well as wary of their threat to the universe at large.
  • Because of their origins they loathe all who have used wishes to make their lives easier or used them for their own benefit, regardless of whether they were selfish or selfless in intent. As for Shenron, they don't comment on their views of the Eternal Dragon but do find his repeated assistance to the mortals' whims to be shameful.
    • Timmy Turner was one of these loathed wishmakers as he has used the powers of his Fairy Oddparents, Cosmo and Wanda, for either his own benefit or that of others (though it's mostly for his own), and has at times nearly caused the universe itself to be destroyed as a direct or even indirect result of his actions and shortsightedness; this caused the Dragons to gain an enmity with Timmy and his fairies looking to personally punish Timmy for his selfish wishing as well as Cosmo and Wanda for their compliance to his selfish whims; Norm the Genie was a much meaner wish-granter who also hates being used to begin with so he empathized with the Dragons' feelings towards those who use wishes repeatedly for their own benefit. Other fairies in the Pantheon such as Jorgen Von Strangle and even the Pixies are also deep into their list of hated deities since they too have abused wishes or been complicit in some.
    • The Genie that helped Aladdin in his quest to marry Princess Jasmine came to severely hate the Shadow Dragons, as he viewed their actions of punishing the usage of Dragon Balls to be unjustified due to how most of the wishes made on the Dragon Balls were truly desperate acts or selfless wishes to bring back innocent lives as he himself had to deal with genuine abuse of wishing power for selfish wishes; the Dragons in turn don't care about the reason they dislike repeated usage of wish-granting artifacts for any reason and have marked Aladdin as yet another mortal they will punish over using wishes for his own gain. Jafar got caught up in this reputation as well, moreso since he truly wished for selfish gain with the Genie, Jafar has been made aware that even his full might not be enough to deal with the Shadow Dragons and so avoids them at all costs.
    • Jeanie the Genie is a wish-granter who nonetheless tries to keep her masters from wishing too many selfish wishes or not consider the repercussions that any one wish they make could have. While she understands why the Shadow Dragons would grow weary of mortals relying on the Dragon Balls to undo the consequences of their apathy and selfishness in dealing with threats, she is also very much against punishing those that have had no involvement in the wasteful and selfish wishing of the select mortals who the Shadow Dragons' existence is owed to; also helped by her marriage to her former master, Tony. While the Shadow Dragons don't really care about her opinions, viewing her as complicit as any other entity that isn't on board with their goals.
    • Kirby is no stranger to wishes being used for either selfish gain or selfless intent, as he had to deal with more than one wish-granting artifact in the Galactic Nova and then Star Dream, albeit the latter being far more sinister. While the Shadow Dragons don't have much words for Kirby himself, they nonetheless dislike his compliance in helping Marx get his wish from the Galactic Nova and his own attempts to make the wish to stop the Sun and Moon from fighting; they also seek to punish Dreamland in due time, starting with the aforementioned Marx but have backed off a bit after a few of them were beaten black and blue by Kirby during an attempted ambush.
  • The Shadow Dragons were born from the negative energy of the Dragon Balls that was generated by each wish; the dragon's power and evil all correspond to each wish's respective goodness and scope and their ultimate goal is to wipe out all of the Universe and destroy anyone that gets in their way. Because of this they made allies with purely evil deities who also have said desire. One of these deities was Vanitas, born of the evil of Roxas' inner self, who plans to erradicate all of existence, Vanitas greatly appreciates the help the Shadow Dragons can provide to his goals and especially how they could help him deal with the Keyblade wielders. That the Shadow Dragons attract the presence of the Heartless by mere virtue of existing is also a selling point. The rest of the Kingdom Hearts deities all instead greatly oppose the Shadow Dragons as their power rivals even the strongest wielders and with a possible alliance with the Heartless they might bring about the end times for real by uniting their powers with their fellow creatures of negative energy.
  • Other evil dragons or entities with grand ambitions weren't welcome to them, since their goals either aligned but they didn't plan on sharing the spoils of the glory with other parties or the Shadow Dragons' omnicidal aim directly threatened them. First off were Alduin and Grima, who wield great influence over a planet already and don't find it amusing that the Shadow Dragons could deprive them of their dominions, while others such as King Ghidorah aren't thrilled to have an equal around that could destroy the Universe instead of him and his followers; the master of darkness, Aku, also wants the Dragons gone since they'll destroy the world he seeks to make miserable and while he doesn't finds them a true threat to his existence since they're not Gods, he still wants nothing to do with them; and finally Dharkon seeks to take all the light from every Universe there is and plunge it into an eternal darkness devoid of life and is not letting the Shadow Dragons interfere in his goals by any means.
  • Yapool also became allies with the Dragons due to his own usage of negative energies and offering the group a sincere chance to empower them with his own energies so they could reach new heights of power. They also have commonality in the fact that they cannot truly die, as the Shadow Dragons are born of negative energy from the Dragon Balls and can come back from any other Dragon Ball set, including Namekian and Dark Dragon Balls (the latter originating from a parallel demonic dimension) and perhaps even the Super and Cerealian Dragon Balls; Yapool in particular has been interested in their "Xeno" forms where the Dark Dragon Balls grant them even higher power than before. Similarly, that Yapool's Negative Energy is not too different from theirs and that they could combine their energies to destroy the Universe much faster has also given them more reason to team up. The Ultras have been on high alert about the Dragons ever since.
  • Zorc Necrophades is another entity Made of Evil who was born of the negative thoughts and emotions of humanity, Zorc views the Shadow Dragons as useful allies and their hatred of mortals are greatly admirable, in turn the Shadow Dragons have reciprocated his attempts at forming an alliance. Similarly, Chaos, nemesis of the Sailor Senshi, has also allied with the Shadow Dragons given the way their goals benefit each other and how they could be useful in getting rid of the Sailors with their numerous abilities and their capacity to spread Negative Energy if left unchecked to rot away the whole Universe. This alliances have made their particular foes all much more wary of the Shadow Dragons' involvement. Other similar enemies were the Incubators and the heroic Puella Magi deities, who have found the rare time where their goals align to stop the Dragons' threat, as their ultimate goal would doom the entire Universe to eternal death and neither the Incubators who desire to sustain themselves nor the girls wish for that outcome to pass.
  • The Phantom Thieves had to combat Shadows, reflections of the darkest desires of humanity, along their adventures and are very wary of the Shadow Dragons as a result, given that they're born of the negative energy accumulated over years of wishes on the Dragon Balls as the counterbalance to the benevolence each wish meant to bring about. Also concerning them is that the Dragons' ultimate goal is destroying the Universe as a whole with negative energy and their self-righteous treatment of any mortals they deem selfish enough. Other deities from their world either fear or welcome the Dragons depending on their views, though most are on the former camp.
  • Because of the indirect fault of the Gods of their Universe in causing the Z Warriors and others to use the Dragon Balls they have loathing for all of them, especially Beerus as it is his apathy and laziness that has led to Universe 7's low mortal level and the repercussions of the various evils he's let run free motivated the heroes to abuse the Dragon Balls to save themselves from peril; since Whis isn't much help in this aspect and given his own penchant for altering the natural order and saving the warriors from peril sometimes they extend the hatred to him as well. Finally they do fear Zen-Oh as every other deity of the Dragon Ball multiverse does, but in turn they also detest that he's let the even more powerful Super Dragon Balls (and the source of origin of the Namekian Dragon Balls to boot) be used to let the mortals have their way without consequence of their actions, though Zen-Oh only has allowed this once as part of a test towards the inner good of mortals, they aren't letting him off the hook for it anyway. Interestingly enough as a result of this they have gained a begrudging respect for Zamasu and Goku Black, both gods that feel it's necessary to punish mortals for their use of the Dragon Balls and even seek to destroy all of existence by consequence, with the former two not otherwise considering them allies as they view the Shadow Dragons' mere existence as extensions of the sins of mortals.
  • Exclusive to Syn:
    • Syn serves as the leading member of the group, though they don't quite work as a team unless it's out of necessity and some are willing to go against him for their own principles. This got him commonality with Lucemon, another demonic draconic being who also has elements of a benevolent deity to him. Lucemon seeks absolute order and views the current lifeforms and deities of the multiverse as unfit to exist, a sentiment Syn has backed up with his hatred of mortals for abusing the Dragon Balls and the Gods for being compliant to said usage. While Lucemon hasn't been too keen on using the Dragon Balls for his goals, he does have that as a possibility for the future, which has caused some tensions between him and the Dragons' otherwise neutral indifference towards each other.
    • Syn has judged humanity and mortals in general for relying on the Dragon Balls to fix their mistakes or pull themselves out of peril, as such he gained some support from deities who viewed humans in a deplorable light or wished to exterminate them (or all mortals for that matter), such as the Kid Icarus version of Hades, who while willing to oppose the Dragons if they truly begin to cause the end of the Universe; also sees value in using their negative energy and powers for his own schemes. Syn himself doesn't have much of an opinion on Hades besides approving of his hatred of mortals.
    • Syn also has stronger forms he can access by absorbing the other Dragons' own Dragon Balls known as Omega Shenron and then go further by utilizing the demonic power of Demigra to turn into Ascended Omega Shenron; this has caused other demons with great power to be wary of the evolved dragon-demon's power. Most notably the demonic dragon, Grima, Grima, who in addition to already being wary of the other Shadow Dragons' potential to ruin his plans is genuinely unnerved by the possibility of Omega Shenron targeting him as part of his planned slaughter of the Universe. Similarly to Grima, Galakrond.
    • Syn was born of Mr. Popo's wish to bring back the victims of Frieza and his men's terror, making Frieza responsible for his existence and Syn's "parent" as Frieza has jokingly claimed; while they both might detest the Saiyans and have other shared quirks they don't have much good blood between them as Syn detests Frieza for his own desire to abuse the Dragon Balls while Frieza thinks of Syn as a barbaric thing to be rid of in his conquest of the Universe, with both parties also aware the other is much stronger than they seem.
  • Exclusive to Haze:
    • Haze enjoys polluting the environment with his toxic aura, which he can release by mere virtue of existing around a place, it also has the added benefit of weakening even the mightiest of warriors after enough exposure; this got him a close camaradie with fellow pollution evil spirit, Hexxus, who enjoys how much he benefits from Haze's existence and is more than ready to add his own corroding touch to Haze's toxic aura which he believes will be key at averting any attempt at fixing any life he completely wrecks. The Kaiju Hedorah is also a walking natural disaster with polluting abilities, and it has taken to following Haze so it can feed off his toxic aura and empower itself with its corrupt Ki; Haze doesn't minds its presence much, even if he won't spare him from the general destruction of the universe he and his fellow Dragons plot. While his pollution might be of help to the likes of Mr. Burns and Derek Blight, neither wants him around since they know he would betray them in the event of an alliance at any given point and are fully aware of what intends to do at large to the Universe. Which would leave them unable to either profit or achieve revenge.
    • With his pollution powers he became an instant sworn foe of the House of Nature, primarily Captain Planet, who has come to fear the Shadow Dragon's capacities, as while Haze is too physically weak to pose a threat to any decently strong opponent and has no real skills of any kind at fighting, his powers do all the fighting he needs as even heroes on Planet's level will succumb to the toxins with due time; the Planeteers all are also wary of Haze for this reason. Other Nature Guardians such as Gaea and Aang are also extremely wary of Haze as he's proven tough enough to resist near every assault they can utilize against him and with enough time he could kill even them if they stand for too long in his presence; Korra, the avatar that succeeded Aaang, also fears Haze's pollution due to her own experiences with being poisoned and nearly killed.
    • His toxic aura ability has one weakness: it is useless against any robotic opponents, this weakness led to his defeat in fact; as such he's wary of strong robots that could give him a run for his money, or even opponents who have no issue taking pollution-based attacks and moving on from them. For this he is wary of any robotic fighters or those that don't employ Ki, primarily the Androids of his world and the stronger robots in the House of Robots and Automata especially Primus who might not take kindly to his goals, let alone his actions.
  • Exclusive to Eis:
    • Eis was born to the wish to erase the memories of all humans that were victims of Majin Buu so the latter could live peacefully on Earth after his redemption, the selflessness of this wish made him one of the cruelest, most despicable of all Dragons. With his cowardly, dishonorable and underhanded nature he got some rivals and commonalities in those who fight with cheap tricks or cowardly tactics to win such as Aran Ryan who shares Eis' violent tendencies, desire to win a fight at all costs regardless of the context and use of every underhanded tactic one can think of (and then some),
    • Eis controls ice and uses it to freeze entire landscapes for the sake of rendering them inhospitable to all lifeforms. Good-aligned ice users opposed him, primarily Elsa who almost rendered her own world inhospitable with her out-control powers before she was able to control them. Another such ice user was the Groke who while equally destructive when not controlling her powers, doesn't truly wants to harm anyone unlike Eis and views the other traits of the Shadow Dragon such as his cowardice and cruelty to be absolutely repulsive to Eis' amusement. Finally, Sub-Zero, Jack Frost and Mei-Ling Zhou all oppose Eis as well for his cruelty and use of his powers to spread ruin.
    • Eis is despised by good siblings in the Pantheon who don't take kindly to the way he used his brother's kindness for his own benefit and even used him as a meat shield from Goku so he could gain the upper hand. Primarily among those who hated him for his acts were Dipper and Mabel, both twins like Eis and Nuova but who find Eis' treatment of Nuova deplorable. Mario and Luigi are also brothers who fight with contrasting elements and were similarly disgusted by Eis' sliminess and cruelty.
    • While some accounts report that Eis was born of the wish to erase the memories of the victims of Majin Buu, others claim he instead was born of the wish to revive King Piccolo's victims; as such both King Piccolo and Fat Buu are not on good terms with Eis who judges them as guilty of bringing him into existence, and they in turn don't want anything to do with Eis; Buu primarily due to him being a grim reminder of his past sins while King Piccolo isn't on board with Eis stealing his kills of the human race. Some believe he might somehow have been born of both wishes, which could explain why he's one of the vilest of the Dragons even next to Syn.
  • Exclusive to Nuova:
    • Nuova was born to King Piccolo's wish to give himself eternal youth, this in turn led to him being the only good Shadow Dragon, as he had the opposite of the negative energy principle, so while he will help out his fellow Dragons for the most part, it's not hard to convince him to stop and help thwart the others' goals. As a result he made friendships and commonalities with deities born of evil energy or even those Made of Evil who ultimately aren't really evil themselves. One of these was Ashi, daughter of the evil incarnate Aku who defied her own destiny and nature to help out Samurai Jack in defeating her father at the cost of her existence (until she was brought back eventually via time travel) and has remained an agent of good ever since.
    • His powers are heat-based and at some points could even cause an entire planet to suffer a massive drought. This got him some degree of camadarie with Groudon, as the Legendary Pokémon not only controls the ground element but also carries with him a heatwave-inducing ability in Drought which can even go as far as turning the sun harsh enough to completely vaporize all kinds of water. While Groudon isn't too happy with Nuova's existence given his more destructive abilities and origins he does consider leaving him somewhat alone due to his more noble nature. Kyogre and Rayquaza have also offered to help Nuova with his heat as Kyogre in his Primal Form can summon an Endless Rain that blocks out even the highest of heat and sunshine, while Rayquaza's powers let him cancel out weather and in his Mega form it can even outright remove all other weathers permanently until it is defeated.
    • Nuova has a pretty frosty relationship with his brother, Nuova intended for Goku to spare Eis' life and let the two live free while giving up their Dragon Balls to be purified (as they could live without them), but sadly Eis didn't get the memo and got himself killed. Eis also dislikes that Nuova has gone against the other Shadow Dragons. This got Nuova allies in Dalek Sec and Caan, who while not quite reformed from their old ways have nonetheless become able to embrace ideals their own kind finds repulsive and has turned them into pariahs as a result.
    • Nuova is also a fair fighter and was thrilled to learn of potential adversaries that could match him or even bring him to his knees, he's sought out fire elemental fighters of all kinds to combat for starters and while most weren't a match for him, he did find himself finding a close to equal were in Surtr, Hestia, Ragnaros and Alexstraza who all command great power over the flames and were able to give him the fair fight he wanted. Ever since they all have prepared for a rematch with Nuova being eager to see them again once things are sorted for their fights. Eis has offered to fuse with him for a power boost, but Nuova has predictably rejected it wanting to win the battles on his own terms.
  • Exclusive to Rage:
    • Rage was born to the wish that revived Goku so he could fight against the threat of Vegeta and Nappa when they first arrived on Earth. As a result of this he views himself as Goku's "brother", though the latter would rather not think of Rage like that. Raditz was baffled by this, as was Bardock who are essentially Rage's brother and father; neither party is willing to look into Rage's story besides that as Bardock hates Rage for almost killing his son while Raditz feels jealously that Rage came closer than even him to killing Goku at one of his strongest states. On the flipside, Rage has taken some interest in Bardock, as he made a wish on the Cerealian Dragon Balls and considers him just as guilty as the humans and Namekians that used the Dragon Balls of their own worlds for their own ends. Another Saiyan he has a tense feeling with is Broly as in an alternate universe the Legendary Super Saiyan in his Super Saiyan 4 form easily killed him after getting past his slime body which terrified Rage well enough when he respawned.
    • Rage's electric powers allow him to use his slime to pin down and fry opponents with Dragon-born lightning, which can make him a threat to those weak to lightning; as such the Hall of Water and Moisture is extremely wary of an attack by Rage, though they also know that he can be weakened by rain they are still wary just in case. His electric powers got him fierce opponents in Ash's Pikachu, Rei's Eleking and Lagiacrus; all three being creatures with electric powers who can also feed on electricity themselves to power up their attacks and see him as a threat to themselves and their close allies/friends which Rage has thought of targeting for the sake of an easy target to kill or torment.
    • Sentient machines in the Pantheon have much to worry from Rage, as his slime can drain their energy and empower him further than he currently is and he can in turn spread his slime everywhere to ensure he can drain machines in a large radius. Primary targets for this were Primus and Unicorn as they wield power that could be of use to Rage; as well as others like the Venjix Virus and Brainiac who would be rivals to his and the Shadow Dragon's goals.
  • Exclusive to Oceanus:
    • She is the sole female dragon of the bunch, and since her true appearance is not feminine in any way and is incredibly ugly she would rather keep up her "Princess Oto" disguise and prefer to be referred as such by both allies and enemies alike; a deity who know of similar struggles is Priscilla Pursly/Lady X, who is a horrifically ugly hunched bald woman who keeps herself disguised as an attractive young-looking Femme Fatale and would rather not be exposed in her true form; while even Lady X is mortified of what Oceanus seeks in the long run, she couldn't help but empathize with the Shadow Dragon's image issues given her own self-loathing of her real appearance and the extremes she took to ensure none could discover her secret, Oceanus herself doesn't cares much about Lady X's own problems but appreciates someone else finding the same issues she has to a degree.
    • In her "Princess Oto" guise she manipulated a seabound town into worshipping and praising her while secretly aiming to drive the town to misery by killing all sealife around the place and giving them excess fish that would rot away in time too, a few deities who've been deceived this way by fake guises or dealt with such villains didn't take kindly to this aspect, such as Sam and Max who while not outright deceived into a lunatic's cult, did become wary of such fake religions and idols that might carry disaster for its unwitting followers, it also didn't help Oceanus wasn't even cute or hot in her real form to Sam's disappointment when he learned of her real form.
    • Since she was born of Oolong's wish for women panties (meant to stop Pilaf from becoming Earth's Emperor), she feels nothing but shame about her origins and on top of that has a special hatred of perverts or extremely lustful men or women of any kind which is only worsened by her attractive appearance in her disguised form. She mostly has had to put up with people like Glenn Quagmire, Brock, Issei Hyodo,Pepe le Pew and even Master Roshi who all were instantly attracted to her, to her luck (sort of) she's kept wannabe suitors and that kind of people away unintentionally with the reveal of her true form spread around by Goku who witnessed it first-hand; which she finds a blessing (since it keeps perverts away from her) and a curse (since it ensures people won't forget or be able to discover she isn't pretty in reality).
    • Since a seagull played a key role in her defeat, she loathes seabirds of all kinds, the primary targets for this were the Bird Flock who have plenty of seagulls among their ranks and are already aggressive enough as a it is but also can tell she's an even bigger threat than the humans and have attacked her from time to time; not that their attacks do anything to her but she still finds it annoying to deal with and has provoked her into spreading her hatred to all birds in general in the Pantheon.
  • Exclusive to Naturon:
    • Naturon initially seemed affable or dumb enough to mostly spend his time digging around the Pantheon, claiming he's just trying to find his way through the place... However, one day he stopped his digging activities before maliciously using his powers to create shockwaves through the Pantheon's Houses to spread ruin and chaos. He was ultimately driven back by Groudon who detested seeing Naturon wreak havoc with its similar powers, though it had to be wary as it got nearly absorbed by Naturon when the latter reverted to its Dragon Ball form in an attempt to deceive him. Ever since Groudon has been on the lookout for Naturon and a possible return to his activities. Other mole Pokemon such as Drillburr and Excadrill are extra wary of being absorbed by Naturon given he had absorbed a normal Earth mole in his first appearance.
    • Naturon can absorb any lifeform to empower himself into a massively exponentially more powerful form, starting out as a weak mole-like critter that turns gradually more draconic the stronger his absorbed victim is, for this he got a bit of a rivalry and odd looks from the Grey Goo, a sentient pile of goo that starts out weak and easy to kill but can grow into a universal threat if it eats enough matter over time. Not many know who'd end up assimilating and overriding the other's will first, but none are entertaining that becoming a possibility because of any outcome being terrifying to think about. Similarly, Orga, the Thing and the Blob also consume others to empower themselves, with the former two even replicating their victims' traits but most fear that Naturon has much to gain from assimilating them while they can't really do so to him in return as Naturon isn't truly organic since he's a Dragon born from Negative Energy and he could find ways to exploit their abilities to grow stronger.
    • He also thinks of using another Saiyan in the Pantheon as a power source to defeat Goku and the Z-Warriors, mostly aiming to use the U6 Saiyan or even either version of Broly to become far stronger than he was with Pan's relatively weaker power. Their allies have made sure to ward off Naturon from any possible attack and assimilation on them. Vegeta feels personally responsible for Naturon's entire existence since he was born from the wish to revive the victims he killed as Majin Vegeta and has been keen on bringing the Shadow Dragon down when he can to atone for his past and protect the other Saiyans from his schemes.
    • Naturon owes his existence indirectly to Babidi, as it was the wizard's evil actions that led to Majin Vegeta's existence and subsequently all the loss of life he created; unlike most other Dragon Ball villains, Babidi has seen use to not just Naturon but all the Shadow Dragons as in another universe he managed to gain control of Omega Shenron and turned him into his newest Majin; this has made Naturon and the others be wary of Babidi and develop a special hatred for the slimy wizard given that he would defile even their divine nature for his own use like he did to Dabura.

Greater Gods

    Konrad Curze 
Konrad Curze, God Who Frightens People Into Obedience (Night Haunter, Primarch of The Night Lords, Evil Batman)
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  • Greater God
  • Symbol: A vampire skull with red wings.
  • Alignment: Lawful Evil, with Chaotic Evil habits
  • Portfolio: The Dreaded, Knight Templar, Lonesome Lunatics, Raven Hair, Ivory Skin, Going more insane with each passing night, Becomming the exact monster that he fought for millenia, Butchering killers, Using Batman's strategies but for malevolent purposes, Sharp and long teeth, Possessing vampiric themes, Torture Technician
  • Domains: Terror, Darkness, Chaos
  • Heralds: The Night Lords, primarily Sevatar
  • Allies: Perturabo
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Abaddon the Despoilers, Magnus the Red
  • Enemies: The Imperium of Man, especially The God-Emperor of Mankind, Vulkan, The entire House of Crime and Transgressions, Valvatorez, Batman, Night Raid, Charles-Henri Sanson, Rouge the Bat
  • The day of Konrad's accension was not a pretty one. Prisons owned by The Pantheon saw most of their inmate population killed off in gruesome ways, leaving the survivors traumatized for life in order to spread the tales. The House of Crime saw itself under heavy attack from his army wile he himself tried to mess with their minds through terror tactics. He almost succeded in his mission to destroy the entire house unill many of the bravest gods managed to stop him in his tracks. Sadly, he managed to escape.
  • He had become a suicidal man in the mortal realms, allowing an assassin to kill him in an act of redemption. Though Ezio, God of Assassins, could confirm the kill, he had no idea about how it was done or what happene to Konrad's mortal remains. Not many knows the full story behind the dilemma.
  • The Emperor of Mankind has provided Bruce Wayne with a plethora of information regarding Konrad in order to keep him prepared, knowing fully well that he will come after the Dark Knight at any moment. The Primarch considers him just another target for allowing law-breakers to live instead of butchering them on the spot.
  • He stays clearly away from the House of Personal Appearance due to two of his loyalist brothers remaining there. He has still not forgotten the complete asskicking he received from Vulkan.
  • He approves of the existence of Night Raid, stating that they are fulfilling the very creed he believed in life: For the sake of good, what others refer to as "evil" must be done so as to teach people lessons.
    This Empire you speak of, I knew a place very much like it once. My homeworld Nostramo was no different; corrupt, lawless, where the rich trampled upon the poor and the criminal took satisfaction in the suffering of the innocent. And like you, I fought back. I rose up. I killed the guilty. I tortured the corrupt. I left their corpses for all to see and repent. I let the streets run red with their blood and their bodies pile up in the sewers. And I succeeded. Simply ask, and I will make sure your Empire will never become corrupt again.
  • One of the fastest ways to piss him off is to bring up how he never tried anything other than terror tactics in order to make his world a better place when compared to some of his Brothers who did so through scientific progress or military force. Even his high priest called him out on this once.
    Curze: It was the only way.
    Sevatar: No? What other ways did you try?
    Curze: Sevatar...
    Sevatar: Answer me, father. What politics of peace did you teach? What scientific and social illumination did you bring to this society? In your quest for a human utopia, what other ways did you try beyond eating the flesh of stray dogs and skinning people alive?
    Curze: It. Was. The. Only. Way.

    Raiden (Metal Gear
Jack, The God Motivated by Justice (Jackie, Jack the Ripper, White Devil, Snake, Raiden, Mr. Lightning Bolt, Saucy Jack, The Ultimate Swordsman, Raiden Brannigan, Fanshawe, Rayden, The Deadly Cyborg Ninja from Metal Gear, You Don't Know Jack, Fruit Ninja, WEIRDCHAMP, Sonic the Edgehog, Joe Raiden, Jack the Wood Chipper, Raiden with Biden, ‎جاك الردين)
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Intermediate Gods

    August Heart/Godspeed 
August Heart, God of Lethal Vigilantes (Godspeed, Detective Heart)
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  • Intermediate God
  • Symbol: A Golden Lightning Chest Insignia in a White Background
  • Theme Song: His Theme in The Flash (2014)
  • Alignment: Started off as Lawful Good, Became Chaotic Evil as Godspeed and then went Lawful Neutral to Atone Himself. Currently Lawful Neutral.
  • Portfolio: Vigilante who Believes Murder is the Top Example of Getting Things Done, Initially a Partner and Friend to Barry, Thinks He can Freely Commit Executions, Thinks He's doing Justice when that's Not the Case, Knight Templar, Is Motivated by the Death of his Brother, Keeps Barry's Identity as The Flash to Himself, An Absolute Jerk though he Does Gradually Improve Himself after Realizing the Error of his Ways and Seeks to Make Amends with Barry, Rather Similar to Hunter Zolomon
  • Domains: Speed, Judgement, Friendship, Vigilantes, Revenge
  • Allies: Dexter Morgan, Darth Vader, Sasuke Uchiha, Atrocitus, "Hero Killer" Stain, Nagato, Obito Uchiha, Goro Akechi
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Hunter Zolomon/Zoom, Tohru Adachi
  • Rivals: Darth Maul, Masato Kusaka/Kamen Rider Kaixa
  • Enemies: Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash, Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja, Cain, Brian Irons, Wild Hunt, The Dark Judges, Scott Shelby, A-Train, Punishing Bird, Judgement Bird, Big Bird, The Black Organization
  • Complicated Relationships: Barry Allen/The Flash, Wally West
  • Respects: Judge Dredd, Jason Todd/Red Hood, Frank Castle/The Punisher, Rust Cohle and Marty Hart, Night Raid, Akame, Yuri Lowell
  • Opposed By: Most of the House of Law and Justice, Members of the Hero Association, The UA High School Staff Faculty and Students, The Investigation Team, The Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • August Heart was once a detective in the Central City Police Department and a good friend of Barry Allen, also known as The Flash. His primary motive for being on the job was because his brother was murdered by a criminal who got off scot-free and he has desired justice since. Figuring out that the crime was committed by a criminal organization called Black Hole, August went to confront, only to be shot and then strict by a bolt of lightning generated by the Speed Force, granting August access to it. With his newfound powers, August decided to fight crime Barry, but unfortunate circumstances soon began to warp August into a darker path, preferring to kill criminals, disregard the Justice System and regard himself as Judge, Jury, and Executioner, christening himself as Godspeed. In time, Godspeed's actions began to result in the deaths of innocent speedsters, which he initially was horrified by. However, his vengeance consumed him so much, it was inevitable him and Barry would begin to battle against one another.
    • Over time, however, August began to realize the error of his ways regarding his actions and decided it would be best to try seeking forgiveness from Barry. Together, they enlisted the begrudging help of the Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne, into defeating Paradox to prevent him from erasing the Flash's history. Unfortunately, this heroic act of August would be last as Thawne murders him shortly after, while gleefully admitting that he was the one who killed August's brother.
  • Despite his death, August would eventually find himself be given a second chance. Waking up, the first thing he noticed was a very different realm from the one he was familiar with. Travelling around and gathering as much information as he could, August realized that he was in the Trope Pantheons. Interested in this new world, plus catching word that Barry is also an ascended being, August decided to resume his quest. He's got a new priority, namely to punish and kill Thawne and decided to mark his presence in the Pantheon, one way or another.
  • August is... controversial to say the least. He is nowhere near as bad as Eobard Thawne and seems to be more comparable towards Hunter Zolomon in the fact that they became villains due to tragic circumstances, and just so happened to be police officers who were friends to Barry and Wally respectively. However, while Zolomon suffered from insanity, August was rational enough to know what he was doing. Both do what they do because they believe they're doing a service, but August comes off worse, being willing to kill innocents if it meant gaining more speed and achieving his goals faster. As a result, he's not so sympathetically received in the Pantheon, though August predicted that to an extent and thus, doesn't come off as sociable.
  • As an atoner, August managed to develop some sort of kinship with Darth Vader, who was driven to rage and villainy due to the death of a loved one, namely his wife Padmé Amidala. More often than not, Vader is one of the few people that August would actually bother to open up towards. Vader basically tells August to man up and take responsibility, a sentiment which the speedster conceded upon. It helps in that their relatability has allowed them to be an effective tag-team duo when the situation dwells for it. That said, August does have a fixated goal in killing Thawne, a fact that Vader is not really keen on, even if he understands the reasoning behind it.
    • By extension, August also came to meet up with Nagato, a former leader of the ninja criminal organization Akatsuki. Upon ascension, Nagato decided to form another group that would bring in former villains who felt alienated under other heroes' presence and decided to help them out covertly. Realizing that he's not up for options at any time, Nagato decided to offer August a placement in his new group. Despite the presence of Captain Cold in their ranks, August decided to join in, feeling that he can use their help in better achieving atonement and making amends with Barry.
  • Given that he was an exaggerated jerk during his tenure as Godspeed, it didn't take long before he had a competition against Masato Kusaka. Both expressed some sort of surprise as they got to learn about one another; August and Masato were incredibly callous and condescending. However, there was a bit of a difference in that August committed bad actions because he felt he was doing a service to The Flash whereas Masato took his guise of Kamen Rider Kaixa as a means to eradicate the Orphnochs and win the affection of his crush, Mari Sonoda, as exaggerated vengeance and self-entitlement respectively. Ultimately, both began to see each other in mixed regards; Masato thought August was being an idiot in doing something that was the furthest thing to good whereas August himself thought Masato was an immature and petty brat who couldn't handle things not going his way. Still, they did respect each others' dedication, but that's about as much as they're going for positivity.
  • When it came to evil speedsters, one came in the form of A-Train, a celebrity superhero who was also one of the members of The Seven, marketed and distributed by Vought International. Catching news that Godspeed was a dangerous metahuman who needed to be stopped, A-Train confronted him into battle. August initially didn't care, but A-Train insisted that they do battle, after which August wasted no time in pounding him and dragging him around in a bloody victory lap. To rub salt, August called A-Train pathetic but held back from killing him, realizing that he was to gain nothing out from it, not to mention Barry would certainly call him out for it, so he decided to dart out. The fight did break A-Train's confidence for a while, but he's since motivated himself to train harder and become strong enough to match himself against the other speedsters, Godspeed included.
  • As a former police detective, he's not seen kindly by the House of Justice and this honestly doesn't surprise August. They do sympathize that his brother's death was what led him to a dark path, but given the number of innocent speedsters killed to satiate his own desires and his brand of "justice" just being used as an excuse to kill others and justify himself, they can't offer much when it comes to support. August will fight against them if they happen to stand against him, but makes a point in not trying to kill anyone, especially given that Barry must be a notable guest and renowned by the House. He does, however, get the feeling of how his detective life could have been like had his brother not been killed on that fateful day.
    • However, he actually does pay some degree of respect towards Judge Dredd, because as far as he knows, Dredd is the only law enforcement officer August knows that is brutal and uncompromising by nature and gets the job done with excellent results. That said, that mentality is more like because of the world Dredd lives in and Dredd himself finds August's brand of justice as childish and immature, much to his dismay. Despite butting heads, the two don't actually fight against another due to the Dark Judges, who declare life a punishment that should be punished. Even August thinks this is too extreme and in a rare moment, will ally with Dredd when it comes to taking on the Dark Judges. He doesn't expect any high praises for himself though.
  • Both the Investigation Team and the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are not on optimistic terms when it comes to August. To make matters worse, he actually came into an alliance with Tohru Adachi, though in the case of the latter, while not fully redeemed and sometimes helping his former enemies if need be, he can see why August is dissatisfied with how the Justice System works. The Phantom Thieves see August as someone who is very likely of developing a palace within him and thus, are keeping in tabs with him in case something goes wrong. Sure, August is thinking of redemption, but the two groups, particularly Naoto Shirogane and Makoto Niijima aren't optimistic about it, given the fact that August used to be a former cop.
  • Inevitably, he would come into contact with Hunter Zolomon. The two realized that they were very similar to one another and angsted over the fact that Thawne is the primary reason why their lives are miserable, to begin with. That said, while they can relate with one another, they found each other hard to work with, with Zolomon insisting that they should inflict tragedy towards others to make them better people whereas August is more caught up in wanting to earn Barry's forgiveness and wanting to kill Thawne, so their work ethic tends to clash every now and then.
  • Predictably, he was listed as a dangerous threat by heroes and staff members from both the Hero Association and the UA High School thanks to his connection to the Speed Force, his multiple ways of using his speed and for his vicious reputation as a villain and fighter. Godspeed himself that Zolomon may have had a point when it came down to many of the heroes in both facilities; both have a large number of heroes who are motivated by self-interest and fame, unlike Barry and the Justice League who were stalwart in doing their superheroics for the safety of their family, friends and their worlds. Godspeed does respect Izuku Midoriya, Saitama and their circle of friends due to the former's determined nature to one day, be as great of a hero as All Might was and the latter for being blunt and honest about lecturing other heroes, even if Saitama's tendency of being lazy and being a hero "for fun" is rather absurd in August's mind.
    • Furthermore, this also led him to the "Hero Killer", Stain. Initially not happy with what he used to do, Stain warmed up to August after realizing his villainous circumstances and attempt in atoning. He did freely admit that he preferred Zolomon, if mainly because their principles of how one should become a hero go along very neatly, but he does get August's motivation for revenge. Stain said that August should aim to become a better person, which August thought was rather rich, coming from someone who technically was a villain, according to the UA. Stain decided to take it as a compliment and, while they don't do fieldwork that much, would sometimes hang out with August in their spare times.
  • Given his experience, he is naturally enemies to those who have killed their siblings, particularly for petty reasons. It's why he doesn't like Cain all that much, and whenever they do meet up, All August thinks about is grabbing Cain and drag him across the floor while he speeds around the Pantheon. Heck, August doesn't even register the possible idea that Cain may feel remorseful about Abel. The First Murderer couldn't be bothered to listen to what August says, much to his dismay.
  • While he has figured out that Black Hole were not responsible for his brother's death, he still hates them as they are a criminal organization that have disrupted and threatened Central City numerous times. So it came as expected that he would oppose the Black Organization for being willing to kill thousands in order to get the job done and the organization has kept itself hidden from law enforcements' sights for a long time. August will be making sure that they'll learn that they can't hide forever, and not even the morally good ones like Kir and Bourbon are safe either.
  • He caught the interest of a trio of birds that decided to take matters into their own hands to protect the forest that they dwelled in after receiving a prophetic confirmation that the forest would fall victim to infighting and a terrifying beast. Instead, the bird trio became far too oppressive to their home, instilling a judging system that prevented the fauna from having any harmony or joy. At the end, when all seemed lost, they combined, turning into the very same monster that was foretold in the prophecy. August personally found the situation rather disappointing and has no interest in forming an alliance with the birds. That said, the trio, particularly Punishing Bird, has expressed some desire in wanting August for their own uses, given that they're lethal and warped upholders of delivering justice.
  • He wouldn't personally admit to it, but August does pay some sort of respect to vigilantes who take lethal action as the most preferred option, such as Jason Todd and Frank Castle. He would like to work with them, but given that Jason has ties to the Batfamily and Frank is normally a solitary worker, he's laying it off for now. He also expresses some admiration towards Rust Cohle and Marty Hart for being dedicated to a case that was being faded away and managing to solve it, even if it took them more than a decade.
    • Atrocitus has come to see August as a potential recruit for a Red Lantern due to the grief and rage he suffers over the loss of his brother. August admits that he does feel tempted to take the ring, but has refused, stating that he has his own stuff to do and that now might not be the right time. Atrocitus conceded but does affirm that a Red Lantern Ring may seek him out whether he likes it or not. But for the time being, they remain in good contact with one another.
  • Despite his death Barry managed to alter the timeline enough to the extent that August was able to play a significant role in Barry's life to the point where he has an exhibit dedicated to himself in the Flash Museum. Furthermore, a streak of yellow lightning blurred on his tombstone. Some are stating that Godspeed has been returned to life,though the speedster hasn't commented about it yet.
  • To the House of Justice's dismay and concern, August is also a part of the Criminal Actions Sub-House in the House of Crime.
Y'know...when I was trying to come up with a code name for myself, I thought of calling myself the new and improved Flash. Because you clearly weren't cutting it. But instead... I realized that with these powers...I am judge, jury and executioner. So I call myself... Godspeed.

    The Boys 
The Boysmembers, Gods and Goddess of Combating Superhumans (Billy Butcher: Butcher, The Butcher, Uncle Billy | Hughie Campbell: Wee Hughie, Petit Hughie, Bagpipe, Hamish | Mother's Milk: M.M., Marvin T. Milk | The Frenchman: Frenchie, Serge | The Female: Female of the Species, La Femme, Mon coeur, Petit Lazarus, Feral pixie dream girl, Kimiko Miyashiro)
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From left to right:The Frenchman, Mother's Milk, The Female (of the Species), Hughie Campbell and Billy Butcher
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Their Live-Action incarnations
  • Lesser Gods (Intermediate Gods when using Compound V) and Intermediate Goddess
  • Symbol: An upward group shot of them with a cloud covered red sun in the sky
  • Theme Songs: I'm Gonna Do My Thing, Solway Firth by Slipknot
  • Alignment: Chaotic Neutral with Chaotic Good tendencies (the group in general), Chaotic Evil (Billy Butcher)
  • Portfolio: Fights Against Superhumans, Anti-Hero Team, Badass Longcoats, Empowered Badass Normals, Through the Use of Compound V to Enhance Themselves for Physical Fights
  • Domain(s): Espionage, Vigilantism, Violence
  • Herald: Terror (Butcher's dog)
  • Allies: Nick Fury, Peggy Carter, Captain America, The Punisher, Red Hood, Night Raid, "Hero Killer" Stain, John Wick, B.J. Blazkowicz, The Basterds, Mark Grayson/Invincible
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Amanda Waller
  • Enemies: The Seven and Vought, all evil Superhumans and Nazis, Regime Superman, Plutonian, The Fraternity, Red Skull
    • Butcher only: All superheroes (regardless of morality)
    • Mother's Milk only: Sofia Lamb
    • The Frenchman only: The Child Abuse Supporters, Those who mock his French heritage or hurt children
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis:
    • The Frenchman only: Remy
  • Fascinates:
  • Pities:
  • Conflicting Opinion: Genuinely heroic superheroes (especially the Justice League), The Charlotte Cast
  • The Boys were originally led by Greg Mallory, a World War II veteran who had witnessed the first and last use of superheroes in the war, which cost him the lives of everyone in his own battalion through incompetence. The team consisted of Billy Butcher, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman and The Female. Backed by the CIA, the team is tasked with not only keeping tabs on the superhumans of the world, but also killing them if required. However, after they blackmailed the Seven by threatening to reveal their disastrous mishandling in trying to stop the 9/11 attacks, the Lamplighter, one of the members of the Seven, retaliated by killing Mallory's granddaughters. After Mallory killed Lamplighter, the Boys were disbanded. Years later, Butcher reassembled the team with himself as their leader and recruited Hughie Campbell as their fifth member, replacing Mallory.
  • Upon their ascension into the Pantheon, the Boys had a bittersweet reunion. On one hand, Hughie was very happy to see Mother's Milk, the Frenchman and the Female, as they had been killed by Butcher. On the other hand, they were all less than thrilled to see Butcher again, with Mother's Milk in particular punching him in the face due to Butcher having killed him. After the fight was broken up, the Boys were informed about the Pantheon and that their ascension was approved in order to ensure that any rogue superheroes and anti-heroes are kept in check. Although hesitant to resume being a team, they ultimately agreed that they could do a lot of good in the Pantheon and that leaving Butcher alone without a team to keep him in line would not be a good idea.
  • The team quickly drew the attention of Nick Fury, Peggy Carter and Captain America, who offered them S.H.I.E.L.D. resources in order to help them efficiently do their job. Although the Boys accepted the offer, they strongly suspect that the offer was at least partially made in order for S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep a close eye on them.
  • The Boys have also allied themselves with vigilante anti-heroes such as the Punisher and Red Hood. Butcher, in particular, likes the Punisher due to how much they're alike. They also occasionally team up with Night Raid, who've similarly performed morally dubious actions for the sake of the greater good.
  • Their most questionable ally is the "Hero Killer" Stain, whose philosophy aligns with their goals. However, most of the team is reluctant to work with him due to his fanatical extremism and even Butcher tends to butt heads with him whenever they meet. They also found an ally in former hitman John Wick, who managed to bond with Butcher due to their shared love of dogs.
  • Having fought against the Nazi "superhero" Stormfront, the Boys quickly became allies with Nazi Hunters such as B.J. Blazkowicz and the Basterds. They also became enemies with the Red Skull, whom they've frequently targeted as a result.
  • The Boys occasionally work together with Amanda Waller, who similarly believes that superheroes need to be kept in check. However, they don't particularly like her due to her ruthless methods, although Butcher tends to find common ground with her.
  • Unsurprisingly, the team spend most of their time surveilling particularly tyrannical superhumans, with High Councilor Kal-El and the Plutonian being at the top of their list. Their opinions on genuinely heroic superheroes are a bit more mixed, due to the nature of their world. They're especially conflicted about the Justice League, whom the Seven closely resembled. And don't get started on The Fraternity, a group of supervillains who took over their world (basically the Seven and Vought combined, only without any pretense of looking like good guys).
    • Were weary once they heard their network was adapting another superhero subversion, but relieved upon meeting Invincible and figuring out he's actually a good person, his world is what is twisted. Although Butcher is still not willing to open an exception among "Supes" for Mark Grayson, specially once he learned his father is a cruel maniac who might match Regime Superman in both questionable morality and sheer power. He is afraid Invincible's Viltrumite heritage might manifest, no matter how much Mark has disowned it.
  • The Boys sympathize with the Charlotte Cast, who gained powers upon reaching puberty and were pursued by scientists and terrorists because of it. The Boys appreciate their desire to keep the other ability users safe, but also decided to keep an eye on Yuu, as he still has the power to absorb other people's abilities.
  • Exclusive to Billy Butcher:
    • Butcher was born in London, in the East End. He, along with his younger brother Lenny and their mother Carol, was frequently abused by his father Sam, which, on one occasion in which his mother received a particularly harsh beating, resulted in Billy nearly killing him with a kitchen knife, although his brother managed to stop him. After joining the Royal Marines, Butcher participated in the Falklands War and made quite a name for himself as the toughest soldier in his platoon. After returning back home, Butcher became a violent alcoholic, and even got court-martialed for assaulting and disfiguring a fellow soldier for no reason. His self-destructive spiral ended when he met his wife, Becky Saunders, who saw in him a better man than he was, and inspired him to be that man for her. However, one night, Becky died when a fetus with super powers burst out of her belly, nearly killing Butcher as well with its heat vision. After killing the fetus with a lamp, Butcher returned to his violent ways to cope with his grief and loss. Ending up in prison, Butcher was found by Greg Mallory, who revealed that Becky had been raped during their honeymoon by the Homelander (or so they think). Seeking vengeance, Butcher accepted Mallory's to join his CIA team.
    • Surprisingly, Butcher managed to strike up something of an Odd Friendship with Rorschach, who approves of Butcher's determination and his willingness to go to any lengths to accomplish his goals. The fact that they both dislike costumed heroes also helped.
    • Butcher's willingness to work with/for pretty much anyone who can provide him with the resources, means and opportunity to make life miserable for superheroes has resulted in him occasionally working with the likes of Lex Luthor, much to his team's disapproval.
  • Exclusive to Hughie Campbell:
    • Hughie was born in Scotland and, for much of his life, has been rather unlucky. Abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, he was adopted by Eck and Daphne Campbell and raised in a rural town, Auchterladle. Although his parents were loving and kind, Hughie still suffered several weird traumas, such as when he had the unpleasant experience of a huge tapeworm, or when an airplane pilot had a nervous breakdown in midair right in front of him, raving about how it was unnatural that a steel box that huge was able to fly. In adulthood, Hughie moved to Glasgow and proceeded to live a normal life, having a job, a small apartment for himself, and a girlfriend he loved, Robin. However, while the two were spending the day at a fun fair, a supervillain tossed at super-speed by A-Train, a superhero member of The Seven, hit Robin and smashed her on a brick wall, leaving only a red stain in her place and her arms in Hughie's hands. Shortly afterwards, Hughie was approached by Billy Butcher, who offered him a chance for payback by having him join his team. Having nothing to lose, Hughie accepted the offer and followed Butcher to the United States.
    • Hughie has managed to befriend other heroic figures such as Nightwing, Jonathan Joestar and Genos. However, Hughie was initially reluctant to befriend Nightwing, as he had previously dealt with a similar superhero in his world called Swingwing, who turned out to be incredibly homophobic and had pushed a young gay man who had confessed his love to him off of a roof. Hughie was very much relieved to discover that Nightwing was a legitimately nice guy.
  • Exclusive to Mother's Milk:
    • Mother's Milk was born in Harlem, the second son of a poor couple. His mother worked in a factory that used to be a laboratory owned by Vought-American, the company that genetically engineered supes. Since the place hadn't been treated following its dismantling, many women working in the factory were contaminated with Compound V, the same substance that gave supes their powers, and most of them died of cancer. His mother, instead, passed the mutation to her sons: first Michael, who was born with severe mental deficiencies, and then M.M., who initially appeared to be a normal baby, but was discovered to be completely dependent on his mother's milk for sustenance, with regular food being poisonous to him. M.M. grew to develop a massive grudge against Vought-American, as he had witnessed his brother dying when his superpowers manifested, causing his growing head to be crushed inside his helmet, as well as his father's death after his lawsuit against Vought-American took a physical and mental toll on him. After getting married and having a daughter, M.M. joined the US Army to pay for his family’s growing expenses, where he distinguished himself as a terrific warrior after volunteering for the Rangers. M.M. also joined the Army's boxing team. However, he developed superpowers right in the middle of a fight, inadvertently punching his opponent's head off. In prison, M.M. was approached by Greg Mallory and Billy Butcher, who offered him a chance to join their team to keep an eye on Vought-American and its so-called "heroes", which he accepted.
    • Mother's Milk is on good terms with Luke Cage, a fellow superpowered African-American from Harlem. The two can occasionally be seen hanging out or fighting crime.
    • Due to his love of his mother as well as his ex-wife Monique putting their daughter Janine in a porn film, Mother's Milk quickly developed a strong dislike of Sofia Lamb after hearing about how she treated her daughter Eleanor as her property and nearly killed her.
    • Unsurprisingly, Sigmund Freud was fascinated by M.M.'s origin story and his reliance upon his mother's milk for sustenance. For the most part, M.M. didn't particularly mind to discuss the matter with Freud, but insisted that he's never had an actual Oedipus Complex.
  • Exclusive to The Frenchman:
    • According to himself, Frenchie was born in France, in a rural town named Franglais. He was a young man in love and devoted to his girlfriend, Marie. He later went to war and it changed his view on life, making him realize that life was precious and he swore never to use violence again. Upon returning to Franglais, he discovered that Marie left him for his childhood rival and bitter enemy, Black Pierre. The only way to solve things was a duel, but Frenchie, now a pacifist, simply gave up, falling into a deep depression and jeopardizing his family's honor in the process. His father, not wanting to see him like this, decided to reclaim his honor himself. At that time, the population was celebrating a local festival, that saw the inhabitants facing each other in a weird and unlikely joust, riding a bicycle and fencing with baguettes. Frenchie didn't participate, but his father did, and challenged the champion, Black Pierre. Fearing to lose to a former champion like Frenchie's father, Black Pierre sabotaged his adversary with a stale croissant, causing his bike to crash and killing him. Furious at his enemy, the Frenchman renounced to his newfound pacifism and challenged Pierre, who, acting as the coward he was, fled, robbing him of his vengeance. Afterwards, Frenchie's mother died of despair. Frenchie subsequently hunted down and killed Black Pierre and rejected Marie's pleas to take her back. He chose to leave Franglais forever, regarding himself as irredeemable.
    • Despite his claims about his nationality, Frenchie's frequent use of incorrect French phrases and occasional use of British idioms suggests that he might actually be British instead. Having formerly served in the French Foreign Legion, he was found by Billy Butcher in a bar in Paris. After having engaged in a bar brawl, Frenchie was recruited into the Boys, whom he came to regard as his family.
    • Frenchie was very pleased meet several fellow French people within the Pantheon. He felt honored to meet Jeanne d'Arc herself and appreciated her kindness. He also quickly bonded with Jean-Pierre Polnareff and Madeline, the former similarly being a silly yet dangerous fighter who's dedicated to doing good, while the latter being a Cheerful Child whom Frenchie is rather protective of. Another notable ally is Gambit, who is similarly an anti-hero, although Frenchie initially mistook him for a fellow Frenchman when they first met.
    • Frenchie is on reasonably amicable terms with the Spy, who approached him after sneaking into the Boys' temple unseen. Frenchie was impressed by the Spy's proficiency with knives and the ability to turn invisible. Frenchie has since received some espionage training from the Spy in order to improve his sneaking skills. Additionally, on the advice of his teammates, Frenchie has secured their temple in order to prevent the Spy from sneaking in again.
    • He absolutely despises the Child Abuse Supporters, as he hates child abuse of any kind. As such, he tends to keep a close eye on them.
    • Frenchie does not get along well with Remy, who tends to make fun of him and even accuses him of not being actually French, which on occasion tends to result in the two ending up in a brawl. Nonetheless, the two don't really regard each other as outright enemies and are even able to work together if necessary.
    • He pitied Mistral after hearing about her tragic backstory of how her parents were killed in the civil war in Algeria and she subsequently tracked down and killed her parents' murderers. However, he does not approve of the evil person that she has become and generally opposes her.
  • Exclusive to The Female:
    • Born in Tokyo, Japan, the Female suffered misfortune at an early age. Her mother was a secretary at a Tokyo Corporation and, unwilling to pay for daycare, would hide her daughter underneath her desk at work. One day, she crawled through the halls of the corporation into the laboratory of Dr. Uderzo, who was experimenting with Compound V. After crawling inside a bucket filled with Compound V, she brutally attacked the doctors there and was eventually captured. Growing up in captivity, she was treated like an experimental animal as the company tried to determine how she got her powers. She was only approached by people probing her, cutting her and injecting her with painful substances, traumatizing her to the point that she developed an intense aversion to physical contact and became mute. On occasion, she would escape from the facility, wandering the streets and trying to understand the outside world. However, she would always get tranquilized and brought back to her cage. During her final escape attempt, she was tracked down into the sewers by the company's security division, whom she successfully killed off. However, she was subsequently captured by the Boys when Butcher dropped in a concussion grenade to knock her out, with the intent of using her as a weapon. When she awakened, the Frenchman volunteered to instruct her on integrating her within the world, treating her with compassion and love and attempting to manage her recurring bouts of homicidal rage, which she constantly tried to control.
    • Through encouragment from Frenchie, the Female went looking throughout the Pantheon for potential friends in order to improve her social skills. Eventually, she managed to befriend Gunvolt and Raiden, both of whom have similarly been experimented on in the past but nonetheless chose to fight for justice and the greater good.
    • In order to satiate her compulsion to kill people, she visited the House of Crime in order to see if she could hire her skills out to someone. Not wanting to hurt innocent people, she formed an amicable working relationship with some of the more moral gangsters there, such as the 3rd Street Saints and Passione.
    • Was drawn towards Katana as both look alike and have had their share of dealing with really bad people. The rest of The Boys tolerate Tatsu, specially as she's not really a superheroine, but just someone really good with a sword who had an unfair share of disgrace in her life.

    Dr. Hax 
Dr. Hax, God of Those Who Gets His Targets
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  • Intermediate God
  • Symbol: A CRT Monitor, his enlarged head or a Ban Hammer
  • Alignment: Mixes between Lawful Good at best and Lawful Neutral at worst.
  • Portfolio: Knight Templar, A Super Big Head of Dr. Breen, Meant to punish Cheaters and Hackers for good, HAAAAAX, Implacable Man, Can be kind to hackers if they help and recruits them for further aid
  • Domains: Admins, Security, Monitors
  • Herald: Chuckles the Cheater
  • Allies: Aside from Dhuum and maybe Eliphas, none actually.
  • Commonality Connection: Harth Stonebrew
  • Enemies: Cheaters and hackers in general, especially Aiden Pierce, Lisbeth Salander, Frank Pritchard, Radical Edward, Vril Dox/Brainiac, Yuki Nagato, The Hacking Quintet (Bentley Turtle, the aforementioned Ed, Dr. Hal Otacon, Shiena Kenmochi and Estonia), Keith Howard, Aran Ryan, Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya, Nobuyuki Sugou/The Fairy King, Flowey
  • Opposes: Pyramid Head, Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan
  • Not to be confused with: Doctor Breen
  • It was said that amidst the rise of cheating tools, Doctor Breen created Dr. Hax, a manifested entity meant to halt the influence and power of hackers, with Breen's face as a sole reminder of who they are facing against. In reality, he just rose after he called quits on a match of Counter-Strike.
    • That didn't stop the entity from being who he is: A "thing" that tracks hackers down and tosses CRT Monitors on their faces, to end the hax for good.
  • As his title suggests, Dr. Hax appears to anyone who has attempted to cheat or hack their way to victory. Whether for good or bad intentions, he will strike you down with monitors to your face, and if that isn't enough, he will bring his personal Banhammer to end his problems.
    • It should be noted that his CRT Monitors are actually filled with "LUA" Codes, these codes are meant to revert the victim back to his original form, be it a normal person without his powers and the like. Because of this, his monitors are considered the Pantheon's greatest peacekeeping weapon if nothing else works.
    • If he however has the Banhammer, then its very personal, for the hammer is meant to ban or strip off a deity's godhood and his position. This is the worst punishment for everyone, so worse that the Court of the Gods decided to use this as an act of "exclusion" to the Pantheon grounds.
    • Despite his weaponry being feared, it should be noted that he himself is still vulnerable to strong attacks, and this is the reason why he doesn't bother trying to ban Kratos or Asura, as he knows that their attacks are enough to take him down, just like what a certain Metrocop did to him last time.
  • After hearing a House that holds the company of hackers everywhere, he became enraged and went on a CRT Monitor tossing spree with its inhabitants. Aiden Pierce was very terrified at his presence after remembering the very first (and last) encounter he had with the anti-hacker.
    • The Hacking Quintet considers Dr. Hax's existance as a heavy obstacle, seeing that he himself can sense their hacks. Radical Ed has since became one of Dr. Hax's constant targets, followed by Otacon (who by his definition made him piss a lot of times on his pants and smacked by monitors way too much) and the rest of the group.
    • Because of Dr. Hax's Unstoppable Rage towards the House, it became apparent that he was forced out. That made the situation worse, and instead, he's watching over the House.
  • Hearing the reports of a certain Irish Boxer cheating in his fights, he barged in and decided to smack him. Aran decided to make a Headbutt match and play "fair". Hax instead head smacked him with a Monitor on his head.
  • Dr. Manhattan had a rather uneventful meeting with him and has bolstered his senses into avoiding his sights, especially since his monitors were able to turn him back into his useless form once.
  • Due to acting like a moderator in his world, he often hangs out in the House of Gaming, acting like a watchguard around the premises. This made almost everyone nervous due to his enlarged head being a sign of terror amongst them.
    • Keith Bandit's day just got worse after having been evaluated by Hax himself, followed by instant tossing of 17 monitors to his face and a temporary restraining order to the entire House, needless to say many gods where displeased about his treatment to him.
    • However, after looking through the banlist of the House, he noticed a cheater by the name of Nobuyuki Sugou and his cheating actions. Disgusted, he brought his Banhammer and decided to ban him out of the place. He failed, but managed to steal his Fairy King avatar instead and is keeping it for safe reasons.
      • After the incident, he was greeted by Kirito about his attack to Sugou. As he was about to shake hands with him, Hax threw a Monitor instead, pointing out that he counter-hacked The Fairy King, something that irritates him to no end.
    • Another deity he doesn't like is Flowey, and for a good reason. His access and abusing of save files gives him a headache. Flowey on the other hand, is very interested with his LUA Monitors and is testing to "use" it for his ideal plans.
  • Dhuum was very glad after a meeting with Dr. Hax, as he can finally have a partner to take down cheaters around the Pantheon (though only those who cheat death are within Dr. Hax's criteria).
    • Eliphas on the other hand is quite amused at Hax's own agenda and his ways of implementing such idea of his. He's planning to recruit to his standards, though he fears what will happen if Dr. Hax turns on him.
  • Often admired by many Game Creators for his banning of cheaters worldwide, Hax has a good connection with Harth Stonebrew, due to the latter's hate towards cheaters. As such, he often plays a simple game of cards with the Inkeeper.
  • HAAAAAAAAX.

Lesser Gods

    Chris Hansen 
Christopher Edward Hansen, God of Pedophile Hunting (Chris "Handsome")
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    Garrus Vakarian 
Garrus Vakarian, God Of Vigilantism (Archangel, Space Batman, GARrus, Scars)
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    Kim Kaphwan 
Kim Kaphwan, God of Taekwondo and Detecting Bad Guys (The Crown Jewel of Taekwondo, Taekwondo of Justice)
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Demigods

    The Basterds 
The Basterds, Gods of Paying Evil Unto Evil
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  • Demigods
  • Symbol: A bloody baseball bat
  • Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
  • Portfolio: World War II, Heroic Sociopaths, Alternate History, All Germans Are Nazis, Batter Up!, Black-and-Gray Morality, Roaring Rampage of Revenge, Sociopathic Soldiers, Anti Heroes, Vigilante Execution
  • Domains: War, Europe, Jews, Nazi Killing
  • Allies: The Punisher, Yuri Lowell, The Boys, Garrus Vakarian, Captain America, Lelouch vi Britannia, Hilda, Ange, The Comedian, Night Raid
  • Rivals: Zorro
  • Enemies: Nazis, and every Mook in existence, SCP-542
  • Opposed by: Red Skull
  • After ascending to the Pantheon from one final suicide mission, The Basterds have taken it upon themselves to bring war on the Mooks who work for the supervillains, regardless of whether they are Complete Monsters or Punch Clock Villains, by using the most brutal, violent, and horrible methods imaginable. While they perform the majority of their operations in the House of Heroes and Villains and House of Justice, they have been known to infiltrate other Houses and have even ventured outside the walls of the Pantheon.
  • They are universally despised by all villains, and are virtually on every "kill on sight" list. Most heroes consider them dangerous and fanatical vigilantes, but are often hesitant to act against them. The Punisher is one of their staunchest allies, while Captain America is torn between the fact they are fellow World War II veterans yet resort to such brutal means to fight evil (as well as the fact that one of them happens to be a particularly bloodthirsty former Nazi). Garrus Vakarian likes their style and is the only non-human to become an official member of the group.
  • Hilda is another fan of the Basterds, especially Shoshana, for burning down the theatre the Nazis were all congregated inside at the end of the film, as she relates to being part of a hated minority and, albeit for different reasons, losing what family she had. Several of her Norma comrades were mass executed in a genocide attempt by the Mana soldiers that included many of them getting torched to death, and she wouldn't mind paying them back if given the chance. Ange, her best friend, did the deed instead, annihilating the entire fleet and nearly killing the one responsible for the massacre (not to mention outing her as a Norma and exiled to serve as Cannon Fodder, having their royal parents killed and seizing the throne), her emperor brother.
  • They are not related to those who killed Kenny. In their words, those who do are not 'Basterds' but 'Bastards'.
  • Decided to blow off some steam in the Pantheon Fight Club started by Tyler Durden. This made for a bizarre moment as Lt. Aldo Raine and Durden saw each other, got weirded out, and then Durden became a thinner guy with black hair who some deities in attendance mistook for Will Graham.


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