Pantheon / Killers and Assassins

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Of all the Slaughter halls, this may be the most professional, but still dangerous. Here lies those known for murder, whether it be the rogue actions of a deranged madman or the high-pay professional assassinations. Similar to Methods of Killing, but a lot more professional. Also similar to Hunters and Slayers, but more focused on the general art of killing than specific targets or techniques. The House of Heroism has a low opinion on it as most there have a Thou Shalt Not Kill mentality, but surprisingly enough over half the killers here are principled and have standards, even the nastier ones. Of course there are psychos like the Brave Companions, but they aren't well-liked by their fellow gods here either.

The Hall of Killers and Assassins is a flat for the gods there to rest and prepare for their latest hit. They're willing to hire themselves out at their own individual prices, though it varies on the individual (along with who they will and won't go after), who's hiring them, and because of the Death Is Cheap nature of the Pantheon, putting a hit on other gods instead of mortals will cost more depending on how long they want the target to stay dead. The Black Organization, being an especially large group, operates from a secret headquarters connected to the flat...somewhere.

Other serial killers and hitmen are allowed to stay over, but the rent isn't cheap.

Greater Gods

Hassan-I-Sabbah (Old Man of the Mountain)

Old Man of the Mountain, Leader of The Order of Assassins (Grand Assassin, Assassin, Hassan-I-Sabbah, King Hassan, First Hassan, Azrael, Azazel, Azra'il, The Angel Who Announces Death, The Love Child of Death Metal Covers and Chuunibyou, Ziusuthra, Gramps)

• Greater God
• Symbol: His Skull or His Sword, Azrael
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Portfolio: The Strongest and Oldest Assassin, Able to Kill Anything, Brilliant, but Lazy, Chopping Heads Off, Reasonable Authority Figure, Religious Bruiser, Sink or Swim Mentor
• Domain: Death, Power, Leadership
• Herald: Cursed Arm Hassan, The Hundred Faced Hassan, Hassan of Serenity
• Allies: Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Skull Knight, Night Raid
• Enemies: Ra's al Ghul, Ainz Ooal Gown, Evil "Heathen" Gods, Shiro Tagachi, Malthael
• Worthy Opponent: Alucard (Hellsing), Odin (FF)
• The Hashshashin, a group that codified and named the assassin concept. While they weren't the first assassins ever, their skills were well known. Always lead by an assassin named "Hassan-I-Sabbah", they would assassinate those they deem deserve it.
• The Hashshashin to ascend for the title is the first, the Old Man of the Mountain. He is a complete mystery as there's nearly zero info on his past. Rumors have been going around that he may be Azrael, the angel of death. True or not, there is something unnatural about him as he still lives despite there having been seventeen other Hashshashin who succeeded him.
• Is perplexed of some misconceptions about his Assassins. For one, he doesn't know where people got the idea that they and Knight Templars were enemies. In fact, the two groups were allies against common foes. He also doesn't take too kindly that many see his Guild as nothing but cold-hearted killers. He personally cut down those who had fallen into evil.
• King Hassan's affinity for assassination is so great that he has domain over death. In that even a single swing from his sword has the possibility to kill someone. And if that person is immune to death, say immortality, he can impose the concept of death onto them so they can be killed.
• Has become enemies with Ra's al Ghul and his League of Assassins. While most of the conflict of the two mainly centers on opposing ideology, the fact that the two are opposite spectrum of death, Ra's is afraid of it while Hassan can cause it, is also the reason for the animosity.
• There are some in the Pantheon who are either intrigued or wary of his Death Powers. Malthael while interested in the Hassan's powers, feels like a corrupted being shouldn't wield such power. Ainz Ooal Gown fears that he could impose the concept of death on him when he was otherwise immune to it. However, Fujiwara no Mokou is one of the few one who is happy about it since that means she could be killed for good. Alucard meanwhile was thrilled at facing a opponent with such tremendous power.
• Doesn't really see any of his successors as being worthy of the title of "Hassan". In fact, he has stated that he would gladly chop off their heads to relieve them of their duties. It's unknown whether he was joking or not.
  • However, whenever he's about to chop heads off, he has enough decency to command his victim to bring him their heads first.
• Once clashed swords with the Esper Odin. The two Death deities complimented each other's swordsmanship and their ability to cause death. The two have battled many times afterwards to test the other's strength.
• As a man of faith, Hassan doesn't care for the Heathen Gods that are in here. While he can tolerate most, he draws the line at the more evil or corrupt Gods.
  • Speaking of Gods, he has a very dim view over YHVH and his tyrannical approach to spreading his so call Law to the the masses.
• Approves of the actions of Night Raid as they fight a corrupt empire. It reminds him of his own past fighting against invaders of his land and people. He’s also shown interest in their skills as assassins and has been observing them for awhile.
• Many have remarked on the similarities between both King Hassan and Skull Knight. Not just from their appearance but their personal morals. The two skull warriors did meet and they have shown each other respect for what they do.

Intermediate Gods

Gunvolt

Oversurge! Azure Striker!

Gunvolt, God of Compassionate Hitmen (real name: unknown, The Azure Striker, GV, Geeves)

• Intermediate God. Briefly a borderline Greater God with Mytyl's Anthem.
• Symbol: His gun, Dart Leader, alongside a white feather.
• Theme Song: Lightning Unleashed, Sprinting Through the Darkness, Opening Stage (Gunvolt), Vs Gunvolt, Indigo Destiny (Duet version)
• Alignment: Chaotic Good overall, with more Neutral Good leanings as of late.
• Portfolio: Byronic Hero with some Adorkable traits, Deadpan Snarker, The Idealist, Kid Hero, Notorious rep, Powerful and Versatile Septima: the Azure Striker, Boring, but Practical, Prevasion, Heartbroken Badass, Haunted by Joule's physical death, True Final Boss of 2 in a case of Dueling Player Characters, Secret A.I. Moves, Leaving Joule to live a normal life without him
• Domains: Terrorism (formerly), Mercenary Work, Dragon Motifs, Psychics, Electricity, Darts
• Herald: Quinn Sakurazaki
• High Priest: X9
• Followers: Pasha the Peddler, Jaffar, Shelly de Killer, Shintaro Kazama
• Allies: Blade, Cole MacGrath, X, Zero, Axl, Isaac, Shovel Knight, Quote and Curly Brace, Blanka, Hyde Kido, Ludwig van Beethoven, Tenri Ayukawa, Raiden, Tien Shinhan
• Rival: Copen
• Enemies: Zonda and the Seven, The Sumeragi Swordsmen, The Corpus, Erik Lensherr/Magneto, William Stryker, Gigabolt Man-O-War, Aurum, The Brave Companions, Jack the Ripper, Senator Armstrong, Mistral, Monsoon, Sundowner, Larxene
• Sympathizes with: The Falcons, Mao, Almaz Von Almandine Adamant
• Though the Sumeragi Group's hold on their island nation is ironclad and their security is tight, regular people and Adepts alike learn to beware the Azure Striker. Lightning won't stop at striking just twice, after all. Having forgotten his real name in the time where he was experimented on, this freelance mercenary and former terrorist in the not so distant future goes by the name Gunvolt. Though his line of work is harsh and his exterior is usually straight and serious, he's a lot more empathetic in reality. GV's sense of right from wrong are as firm as his resolve. His Establishing Character Moment is choosing to disobey Asimov and leaving QUILL to spare a young Adept girl named Joule after seeing her hooked up to a machine instead of killing her, showing the same kindness his father-figure did for him. Moments like these are only the tip of the iceberg for GV. Despite his job, he still feels remorse and is even willing to try and talk down some of his foes from fighting him. It never works, though.
• Was initially helping out Quinn around her Big Fancy House when they noticed the scenery around her home starting to warp and change. Thinking it's the work of a Septima, he told Quinn to take cover while he geared up to deal with the situation before being met with neighboring deities who cleared things up for him and Quinn. GV got adjusted to it pretty quickly all things considered, as he's no stranger to these sorts of things. After learning Zonda and the Seven are at large, he wasted no time to intercept them with some help from other gods. Sure enough, he surprised them when he decided to bust an operation to steal technology at a Corpus base headed by the Full Metal Jacket, Gibril. The authorities had to step in and break up the fight, though not before this exchange took place.
  Gibril: "G-Gunvolt! So you're here too... well, I was hoping to run into again. I realized something about my feelings... for you!"
  Gunvolt: "Your feelings, huh?"
  Gibril: "Y-Yeah!... So, you already know about it, then?"
  Gunvolt: "You could say that."
  Gibril: "Then talking is pointless! We must have something! So let's clash once more! You'll scorch me with your voltage while I hack away in return... Let us trade intoxicating amounts of pain, Gunvolt!"
  • Though the Corpus were lucky that Eden didn't take their tech to use against them in future attacks, they didn't appreciate GV trashing it to stop the two from using it in the future. As far as GV is considered, they're not a different cloth from the Sumeragi Group. Though at least Sumeragi bothered to appear benevolent. Most Corpus don't.
• It didn't take long for him to find allies in the Pantheon. Due to the aforementioned experience with crossovers, he's met a few deities already. GV remembers Isaac, Quote, Curly Brace, Shantae, and Shovel Knight, either fighting with or against them depending on the situation being referred to. GV decided to congratulate Shovel Knight for making it onto Smash Bros, even if it's through as an Assist Trophy, as its a big honor regardless. This also led to an awkward conversation about Shantae also being in Smash when GV asked. She is, in Spirit. Thanks to Galeem and Dharkon vaporizing her.
  Gunvolt: (Yikes.)
• GV wields the Azure Striker Septima, the first recorded in history and one of the most powerful. It allows him to manipulation over electrons, basically granting him the ability to generate and manipulate all forms of electricity. GV can electrify things via tagging enemies with needles of his hair darts fired from his Dart Leader, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Projecting barriers with Flashfield & slow his descent, dodging by briefly turning his body into electrons aka Prevasion, calling down lightning, creating giant swords and chains, inducing Status Buffs on himself, healing through accelerating his natural regeneration, dashing at incredible speeds, jumping and dashing mid-air, and even hacking to an extent.
  • The downside to all this is that GV's basic abilities which include Flashfield, Prevasion, Air and jumping dashing run on an EP Meter (Electro Psycho Meter as he calls it) and if pressed too far is that he can overheat. Though GV is capable of instantly refilling his EP given time to compose himself if he hasn't overheated, though even then he has things to cover this. There's also his weakness to magnetism and water. This isn't to say that type advantage would be an instant win condition, however. GV has faced Adepts with control over such elements before, even a Badass Normal that could shut down his Septima. Yet he has prevailed over all of them, multiple times.
  • Heard of a Psycho Electro originating from South America and assumed they were the first Azure Striker user that Asimov talked about. GV went to the House of Fighting and Combat to check it out and found who he was looking for in Blanka, though he wasn't what GV was expecting. For one, he wasn't an Adept, but rather a Wild Man empowered by electric eels, somehow. Despite his brutish appearance, GV found him a good guy to be around.
  • No, don't ask him to use his powers to help save on your electricity bills. That's just stingy.
• The world GV came from was wracked with conflict between the regular humans and the Adepts and he has bore witness to both extremes. He sincerely believes that they can coexist, something that's a bit of an unpopular opinion. In the Pantheon, the tension isn't quite as severe despite the many Fantastic Racists running around with deities like Magneto and William Stryker hold beliefs that wouldn't be too out of place back home.
• Frequents the House of Food for not only groceries but to also polish up on his cooking. GV's fairly skilled at it as it gained some level of notoriety back at QUILL, something he thinks can't be said for his other life skills. One visit had him run into Hyde Kido, who was happy to trade notes to aid each other's craft in addition to some of their exploits. GV can relate to Hyde's living arrangement with Linne, Waldstein and later Vatista given that he also let Joule live with him before Quinn showed the same kindness by letting him stay with her.
  Hyde: "So your darts are basically needles from your hair?"
  Gunvolt: "More or less, yes. With conductive metal casing."
  Hyde: "Hair darts, hair needles... kinda like splinters or something, hair splinters..."
  Gunvolt: "I'd appreciate it if you stop giving my 'Tags' such lame names."
• Though GV has a place in the House of Crime and Transgressions he prefers living in the House of Personality due to how homier the atmosphere is, even if he does concede to the fact that he is a killer. As such he keeps his visits to the Killers & Assassins House limited especially when it comes to the likes of the ever-so infamous Jack the Ripper. And especially with the band of mercenaries known as Brave Companions are utter monsters whose depravity are only driven by the fact that they just could. Though GV still stands by the idea that humans aren't inherently evil like what Tenjian or the rest of the Seven say they are, he thinks that they have a point when it comes to people like them.
• Due to sharing the same creators, GV's been compared to the likes of Zero, X, and Axl. A 2D Run-and-Gun protagonist with a cold exterior but compassionate interior clad in blue who is notable for their use of a Handgun. Basically sharing traits with all three of them, with Zero being the primary inspiration. Meanwhile, his electrical powers and conflicts involving Differently Powered Individuals in his world have also earned some comparisons with Cole MacGrath. GV's gotten along with all of them, respecting their actions throughout, and is willing to give them a hand when the need arises.
  • His help came sooner than expected when he heard one of the Maverick Hunter's enemies wreaking havoc on an urban-looking area in the Pantheon. After chasing them down into the outskirts it turned out to be Gigabolt Man-o-War, who was trying to drain the power supply for himself. The ensuing battle turned out to be a Mutual Disadvantage due to both parties' immunity and empowerment through electricity leading both GV and Gigabolt to use other options. This didn't last however as GV eventually got the chance to cleave through Gigabolt with Luxcalibur.
  Gunvolt: "Oversurge! Azure Striker! Send this drifting fool careening into the abyss below!"
• Having gone through the revelation that his father figure and personal hero Asimov was actually a genocidal maniac, he can definitely understand where Mao and Almaz are coming from when it came to Aurum. He also can relate to Ludwig since he went through this with multiple people throughout his life, even managing to criticize them. And on the topic of former father figures, GV also thinks vengeance isn't anything fulfilling in the end. While there's no doubt about how justified he was in killing Asimov (especially since he shot him and Joule), it did not help make him feel better at all. In fact, it (combined with the fact she's Sharing a Body with him as a sort of Septimal ghost) contributed him going into a depressed and callous slump for a while before getting back on his feet after helping Quinn. And even then, he still had nightmares about Joule being shot.
  • He did eventually get over it after a lengthy chain of events involving Zonda's machinations end with Joule becoming a normal human with no memory of her past. Seeing as she's in the kind of life he wanted Joule to have ever since he met her, GV decides to leave her be. Tenri Ayukawa found the situation not too different from her own when it came to Keima Katsuragi and expressed her empathy for him because of it.
• There is a rumor going around that originally GV would have had turned evil and for whatever reason took control of the Sumeragi Group. In addition, GV would've used not one, not two, but a thousand Glaives to transform when fighting. Plus, he wore a mask. Being utterly confused by the whole thing, he decides to just shrug off this information. At the very least, he'll make it a point to stay away from those wanting to tempt him to evil.
  • The reality does bear some similarities. GV has indeed fought an evil masked doppelganger created. And while its not through Glaives, he did get empowered by Mytyl's Anthem as one of the True Final Bosses. With this overwhelming power he gains not only unlimited Prevasion but can also spam more complex versions of his Special Skills especially in some frustrating cases. In short, he deals damage like a highway full of runaway freight trains but without exploiting his weaknesses his Prevasion practically makes him invincible.
• When undergoing missions in addition to the Dart Leader and its various clips for tagging objects and/or enemies he also wears special pendants, rings, and contacts to enhance his Septimal Powers. Defense, offense, Kudos & money gain, reduced cost for EP or Skills, etc. GV takes them off when not on duty though he still wears glasses due to his poor eyesight such as when he goes. Speaking of, him putting on glasses and ditching his signature duds is how he was able to hide his identity, basically Clark Kenting. Since everyone is aware of his identity as an Adept and most don't really mind it the disguise is more for times where he can relax.
• GV became fast allies towards the cyborg Raiden. The mercenary not only shares lightning motifs but was also once a Child Soldier working for his mentor Solidus Snake before he betrayed him. Of course, Solidus was abusive on top of that, but the similarities remain. The resulting connection also has GV becoming enemies with the entirety of the Desperado LLC and Senator Armstrong for the countless atrocities they committed along with their goals of launching the world into conflict.
• There’s recently been sightings of him wearing the Sumeragi emblem on his back. At the moment, Gunvolt has yet to offer any explanations for this but many have taken it as a sign that he’s getting involved with something big some time in the near future.
• "Don't be willing to throw your life away so easily! If you wish to be free, I'll do what I can to make that happen."

Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper, Celestial Serial Killer (The Whitechapel Murderer, Assassin of Black, False Berserker, Humanity's Most Infamous Serial Killer, Red Jack (maybe, Jack Ripper, Jack Skeleton), Calibraxis (in a manner of speaking), Edward Hyde, Macheath, Dr. John Stevenson Angelina "Madame Red" Durless, Grell Sutcliff, the Renegade Assassin, Florence Nightingale, Jacob Packer, Jim Gordon, Sebastian and countless other identities)

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• Intermediate God
• Symbol: A bloodied knife with unidentified fingerprints
• Theme Songs: His OSTs from Assassins Creed Syndicate, Fate Apocrypha and Record of Ragnarok
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Possibly The Most Iconic Serial Killer out there With A Name To Match, His True Identity Remains A Mystery To This Day, Stock Unsolved Mysteries, The Dreaded, Probably Got Away With His Crimes...Or Her Crimes?, May Be a Demon, Vampire, or Whatever, Criminal Mind Games, Stock Unsolved Mysteries
• Domains: Serial Killers, Brutality, Mutilation, Mystery, Victorian London
• Possible identities: The Valeyard, Vandal Savage, Florence Nightingale, James Gordon (more specifically an Alternate Self)
  • Reincarnation: Glenn Quagmire
• Allies
  • Fellow serial killers: Joker, Carnage, Yoshikage Kira, Springtrap, Johan Liebert, Hansel and Gretel, Edward "Eddie" Low, the Brave Companions, Freddy Krueger, Ramsay Bolton
  • Other allies: Dio Brando, SCP-542, Count Dracula, Count Orlok, Desaad
• On good terms with: The Boogeyman
• Rivals: Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman, Dr Jonathan Crane, Victor Zsasz
• Enemies
  • Law enforcement and detectives: The House of Law and Justice as a whole, Marv, Bruce Wayne/Batman, James Gordon, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Joe Swanson, Judge Dredd, Madame Vastra
  • Fellow criminals: Frank Castle, The Slavers, Dexter Morgan, Gunvolt, John Doe, Light Yagami
  • Other enemies: Every single prostitute without exception, Raiden, Jonathan Joestar, Robert E. O. Speedwagon, William A. Zeppeli, Maka Albarn, Soul Eater Evans, Sebastian Michaelis, The Frye Twins, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Shay Patrick Cormac, The Interspecies Reviewers, John Constantine, The Phantom Stranger, Sir Daniel Fortesque, The Doctor, Hercules
  • Former enemies: Mordred, Karna, Achilles, Atalanta
• Uneasy relationship with: James Moriarty
• Drinking buddies with: Peter Griffin
• Throughout human history there have been millions guilty of murder, and thousands who fall under the pathological Serial Killer role. The first modern serial killers include H.H.Holmes, and perhaps most infamous is Jack the Ripper. True to his name he killed and mutilated five Whitechapel prostitutes in a manner both brutal and memorable. Though there have been worse serial killers before and after, Jack's true identity was never discovered and he held many of the traits common in infamous future serial killers. As such, he's the picture in the dictionary right next to Jack the Ripper. Well, if anyone knew who he was, of course.
• A large part of his motivation in the Trope Pantheon is to reinforce his infamy amongst the murderous crowd, to become the very Jack the Ripper legend itself. There's a litany of suspects who may have been the true Jack; many are mundane figures, and a popular theory is that he was a doctor given the almost surgical-like brutality of the murders. Then there are the wilder, juicier theories that he was a British royal or even Lewis Carroll of all people. Some even suspect there were more than one murderers going by "Jack".
  • When it comes to the real Remington Steele serial killer, the true Jack the Ripper comes off as almost mundane; only five known victims and the usual suspects. Even during the 1880s some had greater kill counts like Jane Toppan^note 31 and Johann Otto Hoch^note suspected of 15-55 murders. Modern forensics and surveillance technology would've undoubtedly exposed Jack's identity and criminality to London. Jack is rather bitter at this and refuses to enter the House of Machinery and Technology out of paranoia. Add in how even in Real Life there are some serial killers with triple-digit body counts, and you have all the more motivation for Jack to be less of a man and more of a myth in the Trope Pantheon. After much mockery from other serial killers in the Trope Pantheon, Jack has declared he is no longer the "humble Victorian butcher" and has sworn he will not rest until his kill count exceeds three hundred people-the highest estimate of any Real Life Serial Killer.
  • From what little is known of the real Jack through his notes and official investigations, he is pretty open about being a murderer and butcherer so these boasts aren't surprising, not to mention he has the cliche of taunting them in his messages. He might've eaten a kidney, but this could've just been a boast. The FBI suggested a Freudian Excuse of "a domineering mother and a passive or absent father," and suggests that his mother was a heavy drinker who "enjoyed the company of many men," explaining why his targets were alcoholic prostitutes. One of the first people to criminally profile, Thomas Bond, was a surgeon.
• As the true identity of Jack the Ripper has never been revealed, the Trope Pantheon's Jack is a walking amalgam of all his fictional incarnations. This is also the main reason why an ordinary human murder from the Victorian Age is an Intermediate God; many of his fictional iterations were far more impressive and fierce. As such the form of Jack either shifts between his different fictional identities, or simply resembles a shadow of a man in a Victorian top-hat. The closest to a true form he has is actually a her: a little street urchin assassin. This is a Servant under the Holy Grail system, and takes this form as the embodiment of all the abandoned children of Victorian England. This form of Jack isn't even the only incarnation in the Nasuverse; he has a Berserker form that is the embodiment of the legend of Jack the Ripper itself.
• His female form can be seen hanging around with Hansel and Gretel. All three found comfort over the fact they had bad lives that turn them into killers. Many hope that their relationship is only platonic and not sexual. It is unknown how she feels about Florence Nightingale, since they're the same person in one universe , but it is known she was an enemy of Mordred, Karna, Achilles and Atalanta as they were on the opposing side of two magical factions. Many of her serial killer friends find "loli Jack" hard to take seriously and consider her motive of cutting up prostitutes for not being her mother figure kind of absurd^note though most of them don't have room to talk. Despite their opinion, Fate's Jack might be the most effective incarnation yet.
  • The "was" part of her enemy list is because when she became tied with the Chaldea Security System whatever grudges other Servants had with her have been dropped. Interestingly she gets along best with good-aligned masters despite officially having the Chaotic Evil alignment because she has a twisted sort of innocence to her. On her off times she sells critical stars for 100 yen a piece. When the collective Jack was asked why he decided to go ahead with a gacha game they simply smirked with "what, it's Japan! I'm allowed to go on a vacation, aren't I?"
• Jack can change his form. This has its benefits, and disadvantages because each version comes with their own powers and weakness. For example, as his JoJo version, he has the strengths and weaknesses of a vampire zombie and can launch knives out of his body. His Fate versions can emit mist that can conceal her presence and make it easier to assassinate people or assume multiple identities to confuse his victims, transform into a colossal demon... or generate hundreds of demon bodies to attack with. Jack can even transform into Grell Sutcliff who was one half of Jack the Ripper with Angelina Durless as they killed prostitutes for getting abortions. A common theory in real life is that he was a member of/connected to the royal family, something Alan Moore had fun with even if he personally doesn't believe in it. Getting an autographed copy back from Jack the Ripper with a note was a lot less fun, though.
  "Love your work, but you missed the part where I travelled to the seventies. Among other things...Best regards; Jack".
• Some gods in the Trope Pantheon swear they've seen their face in Jack. Perhaps most shockingly was James Gordon, who is naturally disgusted upon learning even he had potential to be a monster. Others were all too happy to claim to be him. Vandal Savage claims the Whitechapel murders amongst his other historical crimes, though considering some of these crimes include "being Atilla the Hun and Blackbeard" or "aiding friggin Hitler" the murders are on the lesser end of how bad he can be. The Valeyard also was Jack, or became him in an attempt to fuel the Dark Matrix.
• Possibly a cannibal if his note about having a victim's kidney for lunch is anything to go by. The Hall of Flesh Eaters think he just made up that part to look tough. Also, he might actually be Lord Blackwood. Because of this, both Sherlock and Dr. Watson are keeping a careful eye on him. The latter eventually fought him in Celebrity Deathmatch. Turns out, Jack sucks as a villain and was killed by Holmes. Of course, Holmes wasn't good as a hero at the same time. Unsurprisingly Sherlock is not the only detective who either has a history with him or wants to be involved in bringing him to justice. Famously Batman has dealt with him in an alternate timeline. Judge Dredd once fought Jack as well.
• Jack is almost always presented as an Ax-Crazy killer, which isn't surprising. However with his true motives a mystery, not all forms of Jack act in a For the Evulz measure. Some like Gaslight Jim Gordon act in a He-Man Woman Hater fashion, and given his target it's a fair assumption to make. Others were offspring of prostitutes, putting their motives in a distinctly Freudian category. Regardless of the motive, Jack is blacklisted from every brothel and detested by every prostitute as they're his target. Given their job in visiting and reviewing monster girl hookers, the Interspecies Reviewers have sworn to beat the shit out of him should he be in eyesight. Marv wants to join them in that, as Jack's choice of victim and possible cannibalism reminds him of Kevin. The Slavers took a much more cynical stance against Jack the Ripper: he considers their forced prostitutes targets. Given what he is, the Punisher is just as interested in terminating him as he is the Slavers.
• Seen as a rival towards Hannibal Lecter. It's not just a rivalry between serial killers, but also as rappers. Jack is still mad that he lost to him, and has come to scoff at Lecter's Wicked Cultured style. Most see their rivalry as a Slobs Versus Snobs. The very snobbish and elitist Patrick Bateman also considers Jack "an unwanted rival" because despite/because of their clear similarities, Patrick considers himself better and cultured over some butcher from dingy fog-torn London. Jack accurately pointed out that the only reasons Patrick pegs him as a lowborn slob are intense classism and more importantly he wants to be seen as more clever and high-class than he actually is. If he simply is imagining the violence, it's especially obvious.
• Some thought he might get along with Moriarty given their status as iconic criminals from Victorian England, however at best they're ambivalent to one another. He thinks Jack's rather classless going after innocent lower class civilians, and sullied his combat instructors good name. On a more personal level Jack murdered his sister. The Scarecrow tends to agree with Moriarty that "Jack's overrated" and decided to "knock him down a peg" by exposing Jack the Ripper to fear gas. What Jack witnessed was a confusing, ever-shifting set of hallucinations due to bringing out all his incarnations' worst fears at once. His response to this was one of pure rage.
  Jack the Ripper: "I'm going to tear your guts out and stuff you with straw so you can live up to your name!"
• Much to the House of Law and Justice's consernation there are plenty of serial killers who wanted to meet up with Jack the Ripper instead of butt heads. One of these was Johan Liebert, who kills people in a different way. Jack was impressed. The Joker, another fan of Jack, theorizes the collective madness of being a Composite Character is why John doesn't try to punish him. Carnage is another friend of Jack, and likes that he's more of a "hands-on" kind of guy. Another friend is William Afton/Springtrap, though he's more about giving advice to not get caught and using certain "technologies" since he targets children specifically. Unsurprisingly the Brave Companions want him on their team, something which Jack accepted for the money.
• Despite the brutal mutilation of sex workers, there isn't any evidence he was also a rapist (though he may have gotten satisfaction from piquerism). This isn't to say he's above working with serial killer-rapist combos like Eddie Low. He does find it weird that like himself Eddie got away from law enforcement and instead ended his life as an Asshole Victim given his complete lack of social awareness, though he admits he's no pillar of sanity either. Another predator in more ways than one that Jack the Ripper gets along with is Freddy Krueger. The Springwood Slasher thinks he's the superior killer but he's still a fan of Jack. Due to his backstory, he would've held sympathy for some Jack backstories where he was an abused Son of a Whore. Of course, he doesn't even pretend like he feels sympathy so it's a moot point.
• As seen with the Slavers and the Punisher, there are other murderers and criminals who clearly don't like him. He is considered the same kind of degenerate killer that Dexter Morgan is famous for killing, and Gunvolt feels he's cravenly despicable. Light Yagami really wants to write his name in the Death Note, but as he can't figure out his full/true name and what he truly looks like it hasn't worked out. Jack the Ripper thinks Kira is an absolute riot of a Hypocrite as even the worst estimates of his victims are a drop in the bucket compared to his kill list. Jack himself has stated he has no interest in the Death Note as it lacks "a personal touch". John Doe considers Jack scum despite being the same kind of person out of some deluded belief he's only doing it out of disordered sadism. The Whitechapel Murderer couldn't take that lying down.
  Jack the Ripper: "Oi, you gotta be kidding me mate! YOU are trying to have the moral high ground? What makes you so better; your batshit religious work? I enjoy my work too but I'm not a pretentious asshole about it! Now I'm not an expert in theology mate, but tell me what's the bigger insult to God: the Seven Deadly Sins, or violating one of His commandments in His name?!"
• Still hasn't forgotten the time Jonathan Joestar use his Ripple to destroy his head. For those confused, Dio Brando had vampirized Jack shortly after his murders to serve under him. Jack knows Dio is even worse than he is, and embraces his gift. Coincidentally another vampire may have driven him to his homicidal madness; none other than Dracula himself. The Count has found good use in Jack taking his different forms and distract English officials for his own schemes of "taking up nest". Count Orlok hires him out for the same reason, but is more focused on the bloodbath that Jack causes. Another supernatural force who has given some support to Jack is the Boogeyman. He doesn't help out as much as Dracula or Orlok, but Jack spreads fear for him.
• Other gods who have "had a go at dear Jack" include Maka and Soul, Sebastian, and Madame Vastra. The last one is notable in that she ATE him. This being the Whoniverse there are other accounts that contradict this...like the Valeyard thing. Both in real life and fiction-land, people are starting to wonder if more than one person was behind the murders. Even the Doctor can't keep things straight. There are even theories that go the opposite direction and say another infamous serial killer, H.H Holmes was also Jack the Ripper. A more popular theory, that being he was a physician, led to SCP-542 getting along with him. He wanted to tutor Jack on being a better "vivisector" when removing organs, as he finds them too "useful".
• Shockingly, or perhaps unsurprisingly, Jack has revealed that he is a former member of the Assassin's Brotherhood and his killings were not all completely random. His mother, a former assassin herself, was brutally murdered in front of him when he was young and it shattered his mind. He believes that the Brotherhood has grown soft and seeks to show the world why the Brotherhood are what they are with fear. This doesn't sit well with either Ezio Auditore or Shay Cormac, especially Shay who clams that is just another assassin who doesn't deserve to exist. Jack's response? "Ello Pot. The name's Kettle.". His main beef, however, is with the Frye twins as they were actively opposing him during the time and place he was active. It's somewhat personal too, as he was an initiate and trainee of Jacob Frye, who ultimately sees Jack as a disturbed young man who should've gotten help a long time ago.
• Surprisingly for all his evil, even Jack is capable of acting in the name of good. When the gods fight among men to decide their fate he served as the Token Evil Teammate to the Einherjer and fought for humanity despite them hating him. He fought and defeated Hercules, however because of his love for all humanity even he could not hate Jack. He also has a heroic reincarnation, Adam Miurhead. They still have the same love for knives though. However he has a more nefarious reincarnation in Glenn Quagmire. Though a rapist, Quagmire isn't comfortable with Jack's butchery. Their connection led to Jack showing up in the darker cutaway gags. Peter mistakes him for Quagmire, but Jack goes along with it for a good drink at the Clam. Joe was naturally incensed that even for him, Peter would do something so stupid.
• The potential for good may be because Jack was possessed by the demon Calibraxis and thus wasn't responsible for his murderous actions...but only in that timeline, despite his claims to the contrary. And John Constantine still couldn't care if he's demon or human. Another attempt to dodge responsibility is pointing out he's a "balancing act" to stop a child of Jason Blood/Etrigan from coming to term. The Phantom Strange scoffs at his attempt to justify his behavior, and he arranged for his death to clean house. He also pointed out that in a Wonder Woman Elseworld he became a mad king of a misogynistic dystopia England. He may have turned into a Cenobite as well.
• The Hall of Genetic Engineering has a rule against cloning Hitler, and they also have a rule against cloning Jack the Ripper. To condense a long story, Project Cadmus wanted to analyze his DNA to put the debate on who Jack was to bed, but their resident Mad Scientist decided it would be a great idea to use it to clone Jack into the genetic monstrosity Ripjack. The SCP Foundation agrees with this sentiment, and they also want people to stop bothering them over asking if Jack is an SCP; he's not, despite his alliance with Herr Chirurg. Lionel Starkweather found all of this attention amusing and wants to film Jack's antics for his snuff films. Jack would prefer not to get involved in his "filmography"; he's made his name never getting caught, and being a "movie star" could throw a monkey wrench into that.
• He knows Victorian London has another Jack causing mayhem, Spring-Heeled Jack. While he'd like a partner in chaos, the Serial Killer can't help but think that the other Jack would call him a plagirist since he's an early 19th century boogieman and the killer's a late 19th century one. Jack the Ripper is also cognizant that people in both fiction and reality have copied his work. Some of them have more deaths to their name. Victor Zsasz, who's personally listed far more victims down than Jack could've dreamed of, feels that Jack is an amateur and doesn't get why he gets to be the pantheon's representative for Serial Killer outside of being historically "iconic". How did Jack feel about this criticism?

""Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I'm an amateur.."."

• Ramsay Bolton and Desaad aren't that impressed by Jack the Ripper either, but they still gets along with Jack. It's more that they believe he could take more time to bask in his craft. Jack gets "their kink", but points out he doesn't want to get caught "having fun". The drier serial killer Yoshikage Kira agrees with this approach and is happy to help Jack, if it means Jack will cut off "pretty hands" for the Stand user.

Yoruka Kirihime

Yoruka Kirihime, Divine Protector of Betrayed Assassins (Empire's Assassin Blade)

• Intermediate Goddess (Greater Goddess when using Yato-no-kami)
• Symbol: Yato no Kami's sword
• Theme Song: "Muku naru Hane ga Mau Yoru wo"
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral (formerly Lawful Evil)
• Portfolio: Aloof Dark-Haired Girl, Being Lux's Servant and Having Feelings For Him, Openly Flirts with her Master, Ms. Fanservice, Dark Is Evil At First, Raven Hair, Ivory Skin, Professional Killer, Betrayed Even When Serving Faithfully, Saved by Lux, Using Her Feminine Wiles To Achieve Her Ends
• Domains: Assassination, Betrayal, Love, Protection
• Allies: Lux Arcadia, Shido Itsuka, Lisesharte Atismata, Krulcifer Einfolk, Celestia Ralgris, Ezio Auditore, Ryu Hayabusa, Batman, Night Raid, Stella Vermillion, Ayame Kajou, the Tenno
• Rival: Laura Bodewig
• Enemies: Sheev Palpatine, Arcturus Mengsk, the Grinner, the Enclave
• Lux Arcadia was taking a bath on his temple after a long day of work until suddenly, he felt a pair of breasts caressing his back. Then, a soothing voice began whispering on his ear about her talents in pleasing men. Lux let out a scream that was across many houses. a clear sign that Yoruka had ascended.
• How to make a sword-wielding assassin even more dangerous? Give her a Mini-Mecha capable of mass destruction. This gives Yoruka the perfect choice for missions that involve both infiltration and large-scale combat, and the Pantheon offers no shortage of those.
• Being an assassin can be a thankless task, and nobody knows that better than Yoruka. Since childhood, she was trained in the art of assassination and was shunned even by her own father. Only her brother, the heir to the throne, was kind to her.
• After a war with the Arcadia Empire that proved costly for both sides, she was forced to cut a deal with Arcadia's Emperor. The deal was simple: she would serve the empire as an assassin while her brother would remain under imperial protection. Unfortunately, her kingdom's nobles killed Yoruka's brother in an attempt to curry favor with the Emperor. With a brother as kind and adorable as hers◊, can anyone blame her for wanting revenge?
• Taking pity on her, Ezio Auditore and Ryu Hayabusa have become her mentors, hoping to refine her assassination skills towards more productive purposes. While they cannot break the rules of the Assassin Order or the Hayabusa clan to teach her their most hallowed techniques, they settled on improving her swordsmanship and agility. Suffice to say, Yoruka has flourished under their mentorship.
• Shido Itsuka has a surprisingly good relationship with her, given how much she reminds him of Kurumi Tokisaki.
• Despite both Lux and Ezio's animosity towards Night Raid, Yoruka enjoys a more positive relationship with them and have worked together in multiple assassination contracts. When questioned about this, Yoruka replied that as long as war exists, assassins will always be necessary.
• Gets along swimmingly with Stella Vermillion and Ayame Kajou, thanks to their shared voice. Ayame is curious to know about their sex lives and constantly teased them until Stella revealed that she actually had sex with Ikki. Ayame was uncomfortable with this while Yoruka displayed a mild form of jealousy, as she had been trying to do the same with Lux. Neverthless, they remain good friends.
• Anyone who reminds Yoruka of the Arcadia Empire will meet the wrong end of her blade. Darth Sidious and Arcturus Mengsk are on her hitlist for being as cruel and destructive as Lux's father. She also doesn't take it kindly to the Grineer and the Enclave using aggressive military expansion to unify their worlds. All of them have expressed a desire to convert Yoruka to their cause, or at least revese-engineer the Yato-no-kami's technology.
  • On an assassination contract on a Grineer target, she came across a group of Tenno operatives. Finding their experiences not too diferent from her own, Yoruka has agreed to help them in their fight against the Grineer.
• Jealous that Celestia Ralgris ascended before her, thinking she got a headstart in taking Lux all for herself. Nevertheless, they remain on the same side.
• Delighted to learn Lux defeated Ichika Orimura in a simulated duel, saying that it was the only logical conclusion. Unfortunately, her comment was overheard by Laura Bodewig, who didn't take it kindly to her "wife" being called weak. Sure enough, another simulated duel was in order. Yoruka's assassin training and the Yato-no-kami's Divine Raiment won the day.

Lesser Gods

The Black Organization

The Black Organization^MembersRenya Karasuma, Rum, Gin, Vodka, Vermouth, Chianti, Korn, Kir, Bourbon, Divine Syndicate of Secretive Assassinations (The Men In Black, Karasuma Group, The BO | Gin: Aniki, Melkior, Jin Kurosawa, Gin Synthesis Thirty-Four | Vodka: Kaspar, Saburo Uokka | Vermouth: Sharon Vineyard, Chris Vineyard, Rotten Apple, Scar Akai | Kir: Rena Mizunashi, Hidemi Hondou | Bourbon: Tooru Amuro, Rei Furuya, Scar Akai, Zero | Rum: Kanenori Wakita)

From left to right: Gin, Vermouth, Vodka, Chianti, Korn

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• Lesser God-level Organization (their members are of Demigod rank)
• Symbol: A crow; alternatively, their black outfits
• Theme Songs: Black Logic, Black Impact
  • Leitmotif: Nanatsu no Ko/Seven Children (the boss' phone number)
    • Gin: The Card Gambler's Boss
    • Rum: Kanenori Wakita's Theme
• Alignments: Overall Lawful Evil with shades of Neutral Evil, Kir and Bourbon are Lawful Good and Chaotic Good respectively
• Portfolio: Crow Symbol, Have Alcohol-Based Code Names, Dressing in Black, Seek Immortality, Leaves No Witnesses, Funds Itself Through Assassinations, Trained Assassins, Undying Loyalty to Ano Kata
  • Gin: Badass Longcoat, Death Glare, Feared By Ai Haibara, Icy Blue Eyes, Slasher Smile
  • Vodka: Dumb Muscle, Number Two, Sunglasses at Night, The Watson to Gin
  • Vermouth: Doesn't Seem To Age, Helps The Heroes On Occasion, Femme Fatale, Wears Latex Masks, Mama Bear, Can Disguise As Practically Anybody, Ms. Fanservice, Older Than They Look, Knows Conan's Identity, Sugar-and-Ice Personality
  • Kir: Big Sister Instinct, Broken Bird, Intrepid Reporter
  • Bourbon: Ambiguously Brown, The Apprentice, Badass Driver, Breakout Character, Genius Bruiser
  • Chianti: Blood Knight, Has a Butterfly Tattoo, Hot-Blooded, Trigger-Happy
  • Korn: Antisocial and Unassuming, Always Wears Sunglasses
• Domains: Alcohol, Assassination, Crime, Crows, Darkness, Identity, Manipulation, Murder, Secrecy, Subterfuge
• Leader: Renya Karasuma
• Members:
  • Main: Rum (second-in-command), Gin, Vodka (general oversight), Vermouth, Kir, Bourbon (reconnaisance), Chianti, Korn (assassination)
  • Others: Tequila, Calvados, Rikumichi Kusuda
  • Former Members^note due to Heel-Face Turns, being spies or failure: Akemi Miyano (Akai's herald), Kenzo Masuyama/Pisco, Atsushi Miyano, Elena Miyano, Ethan Hondou, Hiromitsu Morofushi/Scotch, Ki'ichiro Numabuchi, Yoshiaki Hara, Irish, Masaaki Okakura, Curaçao, Stout, Aquavit, Riesling, Arrack, Generic, Blackbeard
• Employed Members/Business Partners: Walter White (narcotics), Quinella^akaAbsolut (brainwashing and hacking), Masamune Dan/Kamen Rider Cronus^akaUmeshu (Gashats and Bugster Virus research), Kycilia Zabi^akaVesper (mobile suit R&D and military intelligence)
• Heralds: James Black, Jodie Starling, Andre Camel, Eisuke Hondou (Kir only), Yuya Kazami (direct subordinate, Bourbon only)
• High Priests: The Magic Kaito Organization
• Followers: Immediate Murder Professionals, The League of Assassins, The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad
• Allies: HYDRA, SHOCKER, James Moriarty, Red Skull, Giovanni and Team Rocket, Lex Luthor, Walter White, Prime Minister Honest, Senator Roark, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Burns, Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
  • Gin: Esdeath, Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja, Nobuyuki Sugou, Johan Liebert, Ali al-Saachez
  • Kir: Carmelita Fox, Aqua, Chun-Li, Jim Gordon, and other Good-aligned police officers, Lois Lane, Leroy Gibbs, J. Jonah Jameson, Kent Brockman, Soichiro Yagami, Peter Burke, Kazumi Amano, Akane Hino/Cure Sunny
  • Bourbon: John Luther, Amuro Ray and the rest of the GUAG Robot War Division, the Dragon Team, (especially Yamcha), L, Near, Mario (Odd Friendship), Maika Sakuranomiya, Takumi Inui/Kamen Rider Faiz, Jake Peralta
  • Chianti, Korn: Taskmaster, Deadshot (both), Misa Amane, Harley Quinn (Chianti only), Widowmaker, "Hero Killer" Stain (Korn only)
• Rivals: The Dark Brotherhood, V.F.D. (the Fire-Starter faction), Raymond Reddington, Vito and Michael Corleone, Huang Lee, Kingpin, The Penguin
  • Vermouth: Arsène Lupin (Friendly Rival), Mata Hari, Pokémon Hunter J, Talia al Ghul, Mystique
  • Bourbon: Shuichi Akai (can lean into Teeth-Clenched Teamwork), Ippo Makanouchi
  • Chianti, Korn: Most Evil-aligned snipers and assassins in the Pantheon
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Al Capone, Keel Lorenz, Cyrus, Ghetsis, Lysandre, Shredder, King Cold
  • Gin: Ethan Roark Junior/That Yellow Bastard (by proxy of his father)
  • Vermouth: Her colleagues, particularly Gin and Chianti, The Team Rocket trio (one-sided)
  • Chianti, Korn: The Brave Companions, Red Hood, the GUAE Trollkaiger
• Enemies: Ai Haibara/Shiho Miyano/Sherry (bordering on Fetish for Gin), Conan Edogawa (Friendly Enemy in Vermouth's case, allies in Kir's and Bourbon's case), Shuichi Akai (Rival to Bourbon), Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, Norman Jayden, Shotaro Hidari and Philip/Kamen Rider Double, Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive, the Assassin Brotherhood, Batman and the Bat Family, the V.S.S.E., Akame and Night Raid
  • Gin: Eren Yeager, Kirito and Asuna, Ken Kaneki, Touka Kirishima, Tetsuo
  • Vodka: Agent 47, Dr. Watson, The Spy and his employer Saxton Hale, Katsumi Daido/Kamen Rider Eternal
  • Vermouth: Black Widow, Emma Frost, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Arya Stark, Noel Vermillion, Barbie (Don't Ask), all amoral scientists and researchers, especially the Evilutionists of Mad Science
  • Bourbon: Char Aznable and the GUAE Mecha Cohort, Masato Kusaka/Kamen Rider Kaixa, Teru Mikami
  • Chianti, Korn: Roland Deschain of Gilead, Shuichi Kitaoka/Kamen Rider Zolda, Cable, Seras Victoria, The Lone Ranger (basically the House of Firearms in general), Yoko Littner, Shino Asada/Sinon
• Opposed by: Kaito Kuroba/Kaito Kid, Ran Mouri (Vermouth only), Agent K and Agent J, Nick Fury, the V.F.D. (the Fire-Fighter faction), Voldemort, Mewtwo, Souji Tendou/Kamen Rider Kabuto, Annie Leonhart, Irene Adler, Kuroto Dan (Tequila only), Officer Jenny, most of the House of Law and Justice
• On Speaking Terms with: the SCP Foundation, the sub-house of Theatric Performers (Vermouth only), Dominic Toretto (Bourbon only)
• Interested in: The entire Forms of Immortality sub-house, Light Yagami, Millennium, Scrooge McDuck, the Xenomorph, The Thing, Lucy/Nyu
• Ambiguous Relationship With: Illuminati, Tzeentch, the Council of Shadows, Murkrow
• Conflicting Opinion: The Joker
• When Conan was on one of his regular visits to Ai Haibara's temple, she sensed a presence she had not felt in a long time and began cowering in terror before an invisible force. Conan was savvy enough to recognise her plight, and immediately went to the sub-house of Social and Recreational Work and questioned The Inspector on any anomalies. Sure enough, a terrorist incident had occurred at the checkpoints with an army's worth of hitmen dressed in black crossing over in the ensuing chaos. This can only mean one thing...the Black Organization has entered the Pantheon.
• The main antagonists of Case Closed, this criminal syndicate has an undefined objective which uses assassinations to fund its operations and secretive research projects, killing near thousands to maintain its secrecy. The most dangerous aspect of this is that nearly all of said killings were never traced back to them, and as such almost no one knows of their existence with the exception of a small handful of individuals.
  • One of these individuals is teenage detective Shinichi Kudo, who witnessed them extorting money from a weapons smuggler at an amusement park and was promptly force-fed APTX 4869, a poison meant to leave evidence of a death by spontaneous heart attack. Instead, the poison shrunk him to the size of a seven year old. Their actions have since spawned their most persistent foe who solves case after case in an effort to discover and take them down.
  • Of course, since Kudo is officially dead in their book, most of them only see Conan Edogawa as an annoyance who only the more pragmatic members believe should be killed. The Boss has vetoed that idea, thinking the boy as too trivial of a matter to look into. Vermouth's opinion could have been a factor here. Anyway, being protected by most of the Sub-House of Investigative Work makes things difficult for them anyway, so why bother?
• They entered the Pantheon after receiving leaked intel from Former Chief Justice Johnson, one of their many informants that turncoat member Shiho Miyano (codename Sherry) was still alive despite being thought dead after the Bell Tree Express incident. She was actually Kaito Kid in disguise^note Kaito Kid, being a Gentleman Thief only wanting to hinder the goals of the ones who murdered his father, has similarly antagonistic feelings towards the Organization. They tested the waters by sending several lower-ranked members as followers and visitors. After successfully accomplishing this without incident, plans were drawn up for them to bypass the checkpoint via a suicide bomber, which eventually came to fruition after a lapse in security while changing shifts. Like it or not, Conan and company will have to accept that the Black Organization is here to stay.
  • Their position in the Pantheon was legitimized quickly due to them bribing clerks in the Court of the Gods to hasten their ascension. Johnson's residual influence may have been a factor in their ascension under the title Murder, Inc., since some Court members still have a tinge of loyalty towards him. The reason given is that they are so efficient at their assassinations that only a handful (including Conan, Shiho and a few FBI and CIA agents) know of their existence. That and it took close to thirteen years for Conan to discover the boss' name, Renya Karasuma, who had appeared far earlier in the series, Hidden in Plain Sight as the former owner of the golden Sunset Manor.
  • Since their ascension, Haibara's temple in the House of Health and Diseases has been given heavy police protection and the interior is now only accessible by portal. As of now, the Black Organization has no knowledge of where she is in the Pantheon, but are sending search parties everywhere to look for her. To compound matters, Shuichi Akai is now in charge of her security personnel.
• It should be noted that the members named above are not the only ones in the Pantheon. It is an organization, after all. Hundreds of men and women serve in the Black Organization's ranks, with their higher-ranking members working under code names, sneaking into advantageous roles in the Pantheon's ranks. Supposedly this is to ensure better security for their organization, but it's painfully obvious that their intent is to weed out prominent threats to eliminate or manipulate for their own agenda. Worst of all is that with only a sliver of the Organization's membership being known to most of the Pantheon, no one knows who or where these spies are. Even Overdeities and Greater Gods have some trouble with this, a testament to their criminal prowess.
  • This works both ways, as the Organization itself has plenty of sleeper agents from other espionage bodies working under non-official cover (NOC). Gin himself once commented that the Organization for all its efficiency is 'full of rats'. Already five confirmed kills of special agents working under codenames have been documented since their ascension to the Pantheon, from MI-6, SHIELD, the GUAG Solution Sleuths, and the like.
• This impressive move has made them a force to be reckoned with as well as business partners of more prestigious organizations such as HYDRA. Their leader, the Red Skull, personally commended them for how quickly they acclimatized to their new environment and implanted sleeper agents everywhere but interjected that HYDRA did it first.
  • Via HYDRA, the Black Organization has cultivated ties with other prominent syndicates and groups such as SHOCKER, which has loaned the Organization some of its employed members to assist in creating new killer drugs and poisons. The Great Leader is presumably not so different from the Boss, since he is The Man Behind the Man to a good number of wealthy groups in his home world and is one of the most powerful people in all of Japan.
• After HYDRA, most other big organizations and crime families in the rest of their House have tenuous alliances with the Black Organization, given that it is a certainty that most of their own henchmen are on the Organization's hit list. James Moriarty is a tactician of the Organization, important enough to have the codename of 'Smirnoff'. Sherlock Holmes is painfully aware of Moriarty's intimate connection to the Organization, and is an arch-enemy of theirs on principle. Since he is the pretty much the Detective of Detectives, The Boss has declared him Public Enemy Number One in Shuichi Akai's absence but so far all assassination attempts on him have been unsuccessful. James Bond comes a close second, as the Pantheon's premier secret agent.
  • Vito Corleone, the king of organized crime in the Pantheon, treads carefully with them if he hires them for the rare bounty hunt, since he prefers to handle things personally. His Sicilian Code of Honour prevents him from associating too openly with them, and he has warned Michael to avoid contact with them if necessary to prevent any power struggle. The Organization would probably be second to the Corleones in influence if they diversified.
  • Is in a ceasefire with Raymond Reddington, when Chianti and Korn had a run-in with some of his agents when the duo were targeting a visitor to one of the Corleone's restaurants. Suffice to say, a shootout occurred where Chianti was fatally injured. Korn had to carry her to the House of Life and Vitality for revival. Had the Boss not intervened, Chianti would have killed Reddington on the spot. He has reserved judgement on the Organization in lieu of the failed assassination. Time will tell.
  • Outside the House of Crime and Transgressions, their closest ally is Giovanni from Team Rocket. The power of Pokémon and the high profits they yield, as well as the efficiency in which they can be used in battle to dispatch targets, especially Ghost-type Pokémon, opened their eyes to how much more they ought to understand the fantastical nature of the Pantheon, acting as the impetus for them diversifying into alliances with more 'exotic' organizations. The Boss is especially pleased at the gift that Giovanni gave him in their first meeting: a new armored Mewtwo clone which his scientific branch is rearing for combat use and a pet Murkrow, but he keeps this to himself. Mewtwo, already nursing a grudge against Giovanni for the cruel treatment at his hands, has plans to devastate their joint operation. The Boss has a similar realistic outlook to Giovanni on the use of Pokémon, thus he treats the more delusional Team Leaders with disdain, believing they are striving for the unreachable. They think him (personally) as inferior to them in tapping the power of Legendary Pokémon, even though they don't know much about him at all.
  • Honest is one of the many powerful individuals they have on their payroll, due to his immense power and influence over the Capital and now the Politicians sub-house. The Penguin, who Honest split ties with for this, is not pleased. Though he and Honest seemingly parted on good terms, Mr. Cobblepot wants revenge on the Organization for stealing his profits. Obviously, Akame and the Night Raid group have no love for the Organization as compared to the Penguin, the Organization takes a much more offensive stance towards them.
  • Yet another politician they have working with them is Senator Roark, the amoral and unethical 'mayor' of Basin City. They see a unique opportunity for them in his dominion as Sin City is as wretched and corrupt of a hive as anyone can think of, where their assassination and narcotics businesses (along with other undisclosed motives) can bear fruit on a daily basis. Roark Senior is watchful though, because the Organization's secretive nature could easily lead to him being assassinated by Chianti or Korn and control of the city wrested away from him. So the answer's no for now, but that can easily change in the future pending further developments.
  • Among their other business partners include company executives Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn and Mr. Burns, who provide them with metahuman-based samples such as adamantium and Nth metal and illegal nuclear waste respectively. Don't ask what they're using them for.
• When a sample of APTX 4869 fell into the hands of Walter White, word of his tests with the poison reached Vermouth quickly, and she offered him a position as a liaison. He accepted, and his blue meth has become one of the Organization's most profitable side ventures. Walter is not truly loyal, just using the handy connections to more conveniently sell his narcotics in the Pantheon.
• They are slightly averse to working with non-human or advanced individuals in the Pantheon, which is what prevents them from achieving first-class infamy in the House of Crime, since they are unnerved by the many otherworldly beings that can warp reality or kill millions in an instant, whereas in their homeworld they could control much of the world from the shadows and eliminate whoever was unnecessary. They will just have to get used to an environment where they can't control things completely, to which the God of Planning, Tzeentch, sneers at, considering he 'planned' the Organization's entry into the Pantheon.
  • Related to this, Agents K and J have been closely monitoring the Black Organization since their ascension because Conan once investigated them due to a case of Mistaken Identity. They do not have clearance to act against them yet because the Organization has not yet engaged in direct criminal activity with aliens. This may change after getting word that the Organization has their sights on the Thing and the Xenomorph as possible bio-weapons. Changed to a 'Definite' after they struck a deal with King Cold for access to Frieza Force supplies. King Cold only, mind you. No word yet on whether they have ties with Boris the Animal.
• Their most prominent rivals are the Fire-Starter faction of the V.F.D. (Volunteer Fire Department). Their unassuming nature makes them very similar to the Organization and could have led to a promising alliance. Unfortunately, a Fire-Starter just happened to commit arson on one of the Organization's caches of APTX 4869 and lose them a substantial amount of their most successful poison. Suffice to say, the leadership, particularly Rum, is reportedly livid at the lost profits, and are seeking to catch the agent responsible for the attack, whom the Fire-Starters claim was drunk from, you guessed it, rum. The other faction of Fire-Fighters is not overly involved in this affair, but their desire to make the world a quieter and peaceful place puts them at odds with the Organization.
  • This rivalry has gained the attention of the V.S.S.E., whose Cooperatives could have infiltrated the Organization, given their bitter opposition to terrorist groups, especially since the Black Organization is more Obviously Evil than the V.F.D..
  • The entire Assassin Brotherhood, regardless of alignment, has all of them as targets.
  • The Dark Brotherhood became Public Enemy Number Two for the Organization, which stings because the Organization beat them to the punch for the Murder, Inc. title. The Brotherhood made their displeasure clear by foiling one of their hits and slaying the assassin in turn. Some say it was part of a contract, but others say it was but simple spite to show they were definitive competitors in the business and aren't afraid of encroaching on their territory not unlike the Morag Tong. Regardless, the Black Organization seem to be vying for bringing along the Dark Brotherhood's various detractors over the course of history, assuming they haven't already.
• Thanks to some masterful manipulation by Vermouth, Keel Lorenz has a tense partnership with them. They only see him as their meal ticket into the Council of Shadows. A mysterious new sub-division may also have been formed exclusively for contact with the Illuminati.
• They had planned an audience with Kuroto Dan and Genm Corp to establish a partnership with Tequila as liaison but abandoned the move after learning that he regained his sanity and morality. They hope to get his father, Masamune ascended to solve that problem. Said plan has been fulfilled and now they have a healthy collection of powerful Bugsters to use against their enemies when the time comes. Good thinking on the boss' part. It has officially unseated Walter White's meth as their most profitable venture. Let's hope that Masamune doesn't stab them in the back.
• It is implied that their ultimate aim may be to unlock the secret of immortality (This is far more apparent with their High Priests from the Magic Kaito Organization). Lord Voldemort, repugnant at the thought of having anyone other than himself attain this, has considered Fenrir Greyback as a liaison to keep an eye on them. Some jokes have been poked at this given that the Organization labels its primary threats as 'Silver Bullets'. Has been banned from the House of Life and Vitality for their many incursions into the place.
  • To get around this, the Boss has extended the hand of friendship to Ra's al Ghul, leader of the League of Assassins and a fierce competitor to them in terms of kills. Ra's is impressed that the Organization has managed to remain hidden in the shadows for so long with only a small group of members being known by the authorities and has permitted their scientific branch limited access to the Lazarus Pits. In return, they let him take the lead on particularly high-level assassinations from time to time, including a raid on Batman's temple. Batman is livid at the Organization for being behind the sacking of his temple, but regards them as a low priority, He has noted their uncanny similarities to Leviathan and the Court of Owls. They have responded by contacting corrupt employees of Wayne Enterprises to freeze the Dark Knight's assets and halt his operations for good. Of course, they are too daft to connect the dots. The employees, not the Organization.
  • While he has not openly antagonized Ra's yet, the Shredder (the whiny one at least) is miffed that the Organization didn't think of approaching him first, since his mutagen is an equally profitable venture. For now, he's a passive ally and sometimes foe, but is not adverse to pulling an Enemy Mine should the need arise.
• Exclusive to Gin:
  • The third-in-command of the organization, Gin is basically their Field Leader. He is personally responsible for Conan's 'vertically-challenged' condition. Unquestionably the most loyal member of the Organization, he has no qualms about committing mass murder to further his boss' goals, even his allies.
  • A merciless and efficient assassin, he revels in fulfilling every task the Organization sets him with. He has staunch 'friends' in Pantheon deities who are as cold-blooded and merciless as him, though he would gladly eliminate them if ordered to. May or may not have an Ax-Crazy side.
  • While the rest of the Organization is subtly opposed to associating with the less grounded-in-reality deities of the Pantheon, Gin feels it to be a great help to their cause, no matter how volatile or dangerous they are. Examples such as Millennium come to mind for him, with their Nazi vampires as a useful source of manpower for the Organization. To this end, he has led many operations to capture certain enhanced individuals in the Pantheon, including the two Tokyo Ghouls, Ken Kaneki and Touka Kirishima, from which his colleagues have extracted Rc cells to mass-produce quinques for battle against vampires and paranormal beings. Souji Tendou sees him and Vodka as a Badass Normal version of the Hell Brothers (PunchHopper and KickHopper), only with no morals this time.
  • Do not talk about the time his team tried to experiment on Tetsuo, unless you want a slow and painful death. And then there are the episodes of him almost succeeding in stealing the Titan powers of Eren Yeager and Annie Leonhart simultaneously, and on and on and on... It's not a string of failures, though. Each capture of his has yielded positive results in one way or another, he just doesn't disclose them.
  • Gin, of all the Organization's members, takes great pleasure in hunting Sherry, imagining her nude several times, implying that he and Shiho have had a romantic history. He has neither confirmed nor denied this, only exclaiming that he will give her the most pleasurable and graceful death possible for having the audacity to survive their assassination attempts more than once. The possible implications of this statement have not been lost on Haibara's security detail. Given how morally bankrupt he is in comparison to his fellow members, this is not impossible. It is unknown how Shuichi Akai's ascension to the Pantheon as the head of Haibara's security detail will worsen things.
    • This mentality has him rubbing shoulders with anime deities of the same manner of thinking, such as Nobuyuki Sugou, who had sexually harassed his fiancé Asuna before. For convenience' sake, he serves as the Organization's liaison to him, creating an account to enter ALfheim Online as a Spriggan. Kirito and Asuna once tangled with him, not knowing who he was or where he came from. He acknowledges that the girl has spunk and would be a useful asset if she were recruited, as would her boyfriend. He expresses an odd interest in this Quinella Sugou keeps mentioning. Since her ascension, Quinella gladly accepted an offer to join the Organization, finding Gin an interestingly alluring man for their similar obsession with control, Quinella her subjects and Gin Sherry. Quinella isn't above giving favours to the male members of the Organization in exchange for following her orders, yet seems to have a significant bed-warming relationship with Gin. Ask him about this and you risk death by at least 50 gunshots (if you're lucky).
    • Another is Johan Liebert, whom he sees as a psychological equal in breaking others to the point of killing themselves. Has brought him in for certain interrogation sessions to get fast results, and once requested use of his 'wife' Lucy, to test the Diclonius gene on a group of snooping SCP Foundation agents. They don't meet much though given Johan's high rank in the Grand United Alliance of Evil.
  • More than anyone else, Gin and Shuichi Akai treat each other as archenemies, no less because he personally killed Akemi Miyano, Akai's girlfriend and Sherry's sister. Gin is extremely sceptical and contemptuous of the threat he poses to the Organization, dismissing Vermouth's remarks that he may become a Silver Bullet. He doesn't know that Akai has ascended to the Pantheon under his Subaru Okiya persona, yet doesn't really care if he is alive, because:
  Gin: "If he is still alive, I get to kill him again."
  • While he has amicable enough bonds with individuals cut from the same cloth, such as Takeshi Asakura and Ali al-Saachez, his most frequent partner (besides Vodka) is Esdeath of all people. Gin was instantly struck by her desire for battle and business-like approach to murder when she first met the Organization as an envoy for Honest and was paired up with her once when the Night Raid group attacked one of their weapons caches. Since then, the two have been the Big Bad Duumvirate of the Organization, with the highest kill count, to which even some of their competitors would gape at. The House of Love and Affection as always has shipped them both with each other, yet Esdeath's utter obsession with Tatsumi puts a damper on that.
  • He is most in favour of using the numerous artifacts in the Pantheon to further the Organization's ambitions, and is primarily targeting the Death Note as a useful tool for them, living proof that 'the pen is mightier than the sword'. To be able to write a name and have it near guaranteed that the person written will die of a heart attack is a boon to them, he says. He has attempted to establish rapport with Light Yagami for this purpose, but Light's A God Am I has pretty much doomed their alliance in the first place in addition to his radical stance against crime in general. Kira thinks of Gin as an Expy of Kyosuke Higuchi and a means to an end, just like everyone else he allies with.
  • Vile as he might be, even he abhors working with That Yellow Bastard, Ethan Roark's son. To him, Roark Junior has no sense of subtlety in the Pantheon where crimes have to be done subtly. Being unashamed of doing evil deeds is one thing, but to parade it around in such a disgusting body and shove it in the Organization's face is a terrible strategy. Not surprised that even his father has regretted thinking of putting him up for the presidency.
• Exclusive to Vodka:
  • The managerial secretary of the Organization, Vodka serves as Number Two to Gin, addressing him by the honorific 'Aniki' instead of his code name. While less intelligent than his partner, he's no dumb brute. He has exceptional memory, of which he uses to remind Gin of angles he's forgotten or particularly important murders. It perfectly complements Gin's tendency to forget the many victims he's killed.
  • Doesn't have a whole lot of independent relationships to speak of, since most of his time is spent backing Gin up. Probably due to how similar they look, Agent 47 is a subject of his ire, additionally he is a genetically-enhanced clone that has succeeded in gunning down plenty of lower-ranked Organization members.
  • Naturally at odds with the actual Dr. Watson, given his dynamic with Gin is very similar to that of the doctor and Holmes. Not that Watson knows or cares about that.
  • Has proposed keeping an eye on Saxton Hale, since his mercenaries (especially The Spy) could be in the Organization without anyone knowing it and pull a Hoist by His Own Petard on them, stealing everything they had, such as project data.
  • NEVER once attacked him alone to steal a briefcase of Gaia Memories he was transporting back to the Organization's building, and got beaten up by Katsumi just because. While the Treasury operatives (on behalf of SHOCKER) took care of it, he got pretty banged up. Vodka, usually quite cool-headed, takes it somewhat... personally.
• Exclusive to Vermouth:
  • The lead reconnaisance agent of the Organization, Vermouth is a notorious Wild Card among their ranks, pursuing her own goals above all others, which makes her an intense object of dislike among her peers. They only tolerate her because she is the Boss' favourite. She knows Conan's true identity as Shinichi Kudo and Haibara's as Sherry (including her survival of the Bell Tree Express incident), but keeps that information to herself. Shinichi and Ran saved her life a year prior to the start of the series even though she was about to kill them, and she addresses them as 'Cool Guy' and 'Angel' respectively. Also, she was Yukiko Kudo's (Conan's mother) former partner. Ran hates her for having wanted to kill Haibara before due to her Big Sister Instinct, but has no idea about who she works for and why she targets her. She has a special affinity for Kaito Kid, given he clearly took notes from her mentor, Toichi Kuroba, actually the first Kaito Kid and Kaito's father, though she doesn't know it.
  • An expert at impersonation, even certain denizens of the corresponding house say her disguises are of a frightening perfection, with even the Master of Disguise, the great Arsène Lupin himself acknowledges her talent as being on a different level to that of people like Catwoman. Mystique does not share this sentiment, although they share similar personality traits, seeing her as a non-mutant muscling in on her territory.
  • Publicly an American actress, she moonlights under the aliases Sharon Vineyard, and after she (publicly) passed away, her 'daughter', Chris. While a lauded superstar in her home world, the actually American actors in the House of Theatre and Spectacle know better than to give her English-speaking roles even if they don't know her identity as an Organization member, and for good reason. Her American accent is terrible. Listen to this: ^note "A secret makes a ooman ooman.". Samuel L. Jackson has a special beef with her, but that's for an entirely different reason.
  • Vermouth, like every other member of the Organization, wants Sherry dead, but has a good reason for it. She always believed that the research the Miyanos engaged in was immoral, and that Shiho was foolish to continue their work. Then there's the fact that both she and Sherry could have been rivals for Gin's affection, turning this into a case of Murder the Hypotenuse. Summarily, she is disgusted at any amoral scientists in the Pantheon, especially the Organization's ally Ryoma Sengoku. He snarkily offered her a prototype Rotten Apple Lockseed as a form of diplomacy, but she recognised the offing and strode off in seething rage.
  • Gin's attempts to capture metahuman deities in the Pantheon gained the attention of Emma Frost, a Femme Fatale much like Vermouth, with the difference that her Ms. Fanservice tendencies are far more obvious, as the Goddess of Sexy Uniforms. She's especially wary that Vermouth will attempt capture of Jean Grey.
  • Talia al Ghul is a bit of a sore subject for Vermouth, given that she's stolen many victories from her in group missions. She takes it all in stride though, and the two, despite remaining fierce competitors, note their stylistic and psychological similarities as devious and talented women trying to prove their worth (Vermouth seemingly to the Organization, and Talia her father).
  • Being a somewhat darker version of Yelena Belova is a key motivator in the original Black Widow, Natasha Romanova, focusing on her when Fury tasked her with spying on the Organization. Vermouth treats her as a Worthy Opponent, but Natasha does not return this sentiment, making disparaging remarks like the House of Theatre and Spectacle that Vermouth's Engrish renders her grossly unfit to be an actor, let alone infiltration and reconnaisance. Relations with Pokémon Hunter J are slightly warmer, due to their mutual partnership with Team Rocket.
  • Speaking of Team Rocket, Vermouth has worked with the iconic trio on occasion to catch and subdue Mewtwo as and when he damages their scientific facilities, despite Giovanni's best efforts. However, it's more of a one-woman show due to them blasting off...again. She, for one, thinks them incompetent idiots who are basically terrible examples of Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!, with their late parents holding high places in Team Rocket.
  • Mata Hari has a bone to pick with her, despite both being spies who exploit this skill to get what they want. Mata Hari despises her employers who don't care about anyone, reminding her of how her husband regularly abuses her and has no care of her well-being.
  • Pities Noel Vermillion, a lady who deserves her spot in the Pantheon but is derided and mistaken for a man because of her small chest size.
  • Arya Stark has put Vermouth on her kill list. She must have done something pretty bad to deserve it.
• Exclusive to Kir:
  • Kir was introduced as Rena Mizunashi, a newscaster who was outed as an agent of the Organization. Then, she was revealed to be Hidemi Hondou, a CIA agent who had infiltrated the Organization. She essentially condemned her fellow spy Ethan Hondou (her father) to death when he killed himself to prevent her cover from being blown in her early CIA days. She was also forced to cut off all contact with her brother, Eisuke, when she began her infiltration. As an apology gift for being away from him so long, Hidemi has granted her brother heraldry alongside the FBI agents investigating the Organization, promising him a Mission Control role in her operations once he has reached the legal age of 20.
  • The Black Organization has tasked her with penetrating the only news outlet in the Pantheon led by Kent Brockman. She personally feels he is an unsavoury newscaster, due to his ego and sensationalism. J. Jonah Jameson, the editor who she reports to, is more of an honest, if somewhat boisterous and irritable man. Both don't know of her allegiance to the CIA, and merely chalk it down to her having an alcohol problem.
  • Her status as a CIA agent makes her a correspondent and contact of many other agents in the Pantheon, including the aforementioned James Bond, Agent 007. She prefers working alone (out of habit to prevent unnecessary casualties), but often liaises with deities in the House of Law and Justice at the 77th Precinct, most notably her trope contemporary, Carmelita Fox. Much appreciates Lois Lane's help in getting her information out to the public, but would much rather keep things low and not get her husband involved. She has mixed feelings towards Leroy Gibbs (or Gibb-san) for his ruthless interrogation techniques that have struck fear in terror groups in the Pantheon.
  • Her teamwork with Commissioner Gordon is all but a necessity at this point, with Batman taking the fight to the Organization. She hasn't met him personally, with his constant patrols and whatnot. Both are well aware of how a secret society influencing life in a city through murder and slaughter can have devastating effects. That's basically Gotham.
  • An unofficial member of the Kira Task Force, reporting to Soichiro Yagami on Gin's dealings with Light. She is outraged that Soichiro's son singlehandedly murdered hundreds to become god of the new world, even allowing his father's death in pursuit of said goal. She mostly deals with the official matters; the actual investigation is left to Bourbon.
  • When the Organization partakes in particularly shady business deals that warrant further manpower, she brings in Peter Burke, the go-to authority in the Pantheon for white-collar crime. Shares his viewpoint that general crime is neglected in the Pantheon due to much more high-profile authorities, since this could be a show of strategy of the Organization to keep covering their tracks.
  • Holds Kazumi Amano in high esteem for being the big sister she should have been to Eisuke.
  • Brings her brother to Akane Hino's temple every weekend for an afternoon meal. Her tasty okonomiyaki brings back fond memories for them both, because their father ate okonomiyaki with Eisuke regularly before his death.
• Exclusive to Bourbon:
  • Bourbon is Tooru Amuro, an operative of the Organization who specializes in deduction and analyzing and also one of the few people Vermouth is willing to work with. Like Kir, he is actually Rei Furuya, a special agent of the National Police Agency Public Security Bureau who infiltrated the Organization. He is characterized by his rivalry with Shuichi Akai, who he blames for the death of fellow operative Hiromitsu Morofushi (codename Scotch). Scotch killed himself believing Akai was going to expose his identity without knowing he was an FBI agent. When Rei came on the scene, Akai claimed responsibility for killing Scotch, again not knowing that he was a fellow Mole. He remains distrustful of Akai to this day. Yuya Kazami, his subordinate and sometimes resident comic relief often serves as Bourbon's public figurehead in the TPPD.
  • As Bourbon, he was tasked to find Sherry and also verify Shuichi Akai's death, disguising himself as a scarred Akai to gauge the reactions of his friends and relatives. He later takes up a job as a waiter at Café Poirot and becomes Kogoro Mouri's apprentice with the promise of plentiful financial returns. He has since determined that Sherry is officially deceased and Akai's status remains unclear (actually disguised as Subaru Okiya). After Shinichi Kudo received unwanted media attention, Rum personally requested that Bourbon look into the teenage detective and make sure he was actually dead, warning him that 'time is money'.
  • This has made him the most dangerous operative of the Black Organization in a sense because his status as Kogoro's apprentice ensures he is in close proximity to Conan and Haibara a lot, increasing the risk of their identities being exposed. Thankfully, he no longer serves in this capacity in the Pantheon. The Boss has re-assigned him from his aforementioned task to focus on more pressing matters in light of their ascension.
  • It is important to note that while both Kir and Bourbon are moles within the Organization, they do not work with each other. While Kir handles official government and bureau-based contacts, Bourbon's interests lie more with actual detectives. Besides Conan and Sherlock Holmes, Ryotaro Dojima serves as one of his main contacts. They usually meet at the House of Food, bonding over their shared experiences over being unable to save a life, though Dojima's resultant trauma is far more severe than a mere misunderstanding.
  • He's a little creeped out by L and Near, who he works with on cases involving Kira. They agree that Gin should never gain possession of a Death Note, considering that would sign Shuichi Akai's death warrant in case he decided to check if he was really dead. He is very critical of L for only taking on cases that interest him. While Kira is the main threat, Rei's main target in this case is Teru Mikami, a legal practitioner who worships Light as his god.
  • Acts as the Organization's liaison to the GUAE Mecha Cohort, but obviously despises Char for his extremist views on Newtypes, and also because of this. That said, he admits that Char is better than his other enemies in terms of morals and inspiring loyalty in his soldiers. Off-duty, he often feeds information to the Comet's Arch-Enemy, Amuro, and yes, they have the same voice. Amuro has made jokes that his two names are anagrams of his name and that of their seiyū.
  • When the House of Fighting and Combat for the first time to train, he met Yamcha, the Memetic Loser, trying to once again surpass the limits of Goku, limits that were far off for him. Rei decided to spar with him but got beaten soundly just to make him feel better. Like with Amuro, this selfless action may be attributed to that guy. Anyway, the two are sparring partners when Rei is off-duty.
  • Once visited the House of Gaming to play tennis with Mario. He swears he's seen a similar player character in a Mantendo game somewhere. Also really hates Ippo Makunouchi for beating him in a boxing match.
  • While on a mission with Kir transporting important electronics for SHOCKER, they were attacked by a Worm Orphnoch mimicry. Luckily, Takumi Inui, Kamen Rider Faiz saved their skin before they were evolved into Orphnoches themselves. Turns out Masato Kusaka was behind the attack in a desperate attack on Smart Brain's assets on behalf of the Grand United Alliance of Chaos. Kusaka cornered him just to threaten him. Doesn't help that the Lobster Orphnoch may be a secret member of the Organization (she sends wine to her victims before killing them).
  Kusaka: "Don't mess with me. I don't care if you're good or bad. You or Takumi get in my way again, I'll have some new Blood on These Hands. And whoever you work for too."
  • Maika Sakuranomiya lit up when her trademark scary smile caused him to burst into laughter. He would want to visit her and Chiyoko's cafe every day, but is too tied up in his duties to do so. Seemingly under the same impression as everyone else that Maika's Love Interest, Dino, is a a sexual predator.
  • Rei has become friends with Jake Peralta because he is a childish manchild yet is the greatest detective of the precinct in his home world and has shown more compassion towards his friends a lot and greatly supports them, such as helping his friend Rosa on coming out to her parents as a bisexual woman.
  • Dominic Toretto briefly was a driving instructor for him when he was on an undercover mission in the House of Travel. That's about it.
• Exclusive to Chianti:
  • A sniper of the Organization alongside Korn, Chianti is a Dark Action Girl who like Gin, lives for her job. She loves the adrenaline rush of shooting her quarry from a long distance, but is very impatient. As such, she is repeatedly reminded not to shoot random civilians out of boredom.
  • She does have an Achilles' Heel: her maximal firing range is at 600 yards whereas Shuichi Akai's maximum is 700 yards. To rectify this problem, the Boss has employed Defense House member Taskmaster to hone her sniping skills to their optimum level and teach her some other combat skills while he's at it.
  • She despises Vermouth for being responsible for fellow sniper Calvados' death, since his infatuation with the woman led to his eventual capture and suicide. Even though he's alive and well in the Pantheon, she still nurses a desire to put a bullet in her head.
  • She has very tight standards for friends in the Pantheon, as according to her colleagues her impulsiveness has nearly led to failure several times as well as her general unpleasantness. Harley Quinn is a frequent collaborator in group operations, but her Ax-Crazy nature and her tendency to switch sides on the fly is very counteractive to their partnership.
  • Misa Amane, one of her neighbours in the sub-house, is a more balanced, yet still kill-seeking, woman whose bubbly disposition perfectly contrasts Chianti's Blood Knight personality. Out of respect for her well-being (and her own ego), Chianti flat-out refuses to use the Death Note when they work together, but is trying to persuade her to fork it over. She's too loyal to Light to follow that instruction.
  • Although she has made a lot of enemies out of the House of Firearms, Korn tends to shoulder the antagonism they face on that front. Hence, most of the duo's enemies are listed on his sub-section. Yoko Littner, however, is on her blacklist when she foiled an operation to slaughter a group of innocent children who had caught a glimpse of them. She received very painful retribution in the form of a deep scar on her cheek like Gin that still stings. She's covered it up, but when Chianti's buttons are pushed, you'd better believe she will be back for her. With. A. Vengeance.
• Exclusive to Korn:
  • The Stoic to Chianti's Hot-Blooded, Korn is antisocial and doesn't speak much, except the rare One-Liner. As such, most of what is known about his relationships are from word of mouth. Rumour has it that he's secretly attracted to his partner.
  • There are theories spreading around that he could actually be the Boss, masquerading as an ordinary member of the Organization, attributed to his general closed-off life besides hanging around Chianti and training in the Organization's rifle range. Right?
  • Has been seen at times squaring off with the main Cold Sniper of the Pantheon, Widowmaker, and several other major snipers in the Pantheon, most notably Deadshot, Boba Fett and Hero Killer Stain. Widowmaker he gets along with smashingly based on their very similar personalities. Korn doesn't really show this though.
  • Although very apathetic, he is stealthily protective of his partner from the sub-house of Firearms, who are their main adversaries due to the Organization's many incursions into the place looking for members. Moreover, some of them have big-ticket tropes to their name, such as Roland Deschain, fastest gunslinger in the Pantheon. They are awaiting orders on whether to target him due to his supposed immortality. They get along fine with the Brave Companions in conversation, but are ruthlessly at each other's throats when on a hunt, Chianti mostly adding fuel to the fire. As much as Korn appreciates the company, he'd rather work alone than in an affiliation with other organizations.
  • Gin's association with Nobuyuki Sugou has gotten them the attention of Sinon and her mentor, Kamen Rider Zolda, who are actively trying to prevent him from forming alliances to force him and Chianti out of the House of Weapons for good. Their regular missions here looking for prospective recruits is far enough.
• Exclusive to Rum:
  • A prime target of the entire House of Law and Justice, since he is on the move. Compared to the rest of the named members, hardly anything is known about Rum.
  • Eyewitness reports from various former Organization members (unnamed for security reasons) have given conflicting accounts of Rum's overall appearance and build. Some say Rum is a strongly-built man, some say he or she has a feminine look, and yet others say he or she is an old man. All sources do agree that Rum has a damaged eye either covered by an eyepatch or replaced by an artificial eye.
  • The three prime suspects have at least a few qualities matching the various descriptions.
    • First, Hyoue Kuroda. The superintendent of the homicide division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he was transferred from the Nagano Police Department to replace Kiyonaga Matsumoto who had been promoted to senior superintendent. He has the Face of a Thug which tends to intimidate a lot of people and rub them the wrong way. No one knows how he lost his eye except through some kind of accident, but it's mostly hidden behind a darkened spectacle lens. Additionally, he has been confirmed to be Bourbon's superior in the Public Security Bureau, usually in close contact with him. This could paint him as a higher-ranked NOC who has the codename 'Rum'.
    • Second, Rumi Wakasa. She was hired as the deputy homeroom teacher for Teitan Elementary School Class 1-B (Conan's class). She is also blind in her right eye, rendering her prone to bouts of clumsiness. However, she has amazing deductive abilities and is quite cunning, as well as having signs of a more sinister side. She also appears to have something to do with the deaths of professional shogi player Kohji Haneda and wealthy American Amanda Hughes, who are on the list of APTX 4869 victims. Moreover, Kohji's dying message 'P T ON' can be solved as 'ASACA RUM' (W(AKASA) RUM(I)), which is possibly subverted by the alternative answer of 'CARASUMA', the Boss' real name, Renya Karasuma.
    • Third, Kanenori Wakita, a sushi waiter at Beika Iroha Sushi. He wears medical gauze over his injured left eye which he expects to fully heal so he can work at the sushi counter. His workplace is a favourite hangout spot of Kogoro Mouri. He seems to fit all the various descriptions of Rum that have been given, and stands out from the other two in that he hasn't met Shiho as Haibara yet and has an injured left eye instead of an injured right eye. As a bonus, Rum tends to use the English phrase 'Time is money' in text messages, whose Japanese Romanized form is 'Toki wa kane nari', an anagram for 'Kanenori Wakita'. People in the Pantheon, as well as the fanbase in general, have less verifiable information on Wakita in comparison to Kuroda and Wakasa, further painting him as suspicious.
    • Ever since the creator himself confirmed that Rum is one of the three, investigations have been stepped up a notch in order to nab him and thus lead them to the Boss.
  • Some paranoid deities who forget that Rum is from the Detective Conan universe have Nick Fury at the top of their suspect list, since he is a chief spy in the Pantheon, has a lot of say in the GUAG's intelligence affairs and shares a sub-house with Conan. He bristles at this statement, vowing that neither he nor S.H.I.E.L.D. will be infiltrated ever again. He learns from his mistakes.
  • As a precautionary measure, all three suspects have been ascended to the Pantheon under the grounds of 'special consideration' and are heavily monitored by the House of Law and Justice. Superintendent Kuroda has been drafted to serve in the Pantheon's police force as an intelligence officer, but is kept clear of any investigations overtly related to the Organization. Ever since Wakita was revealed as Rum, the other two have been informed but remain in the Pantheon to avoid raising the Organization's suspicions.
  • Known to have a special grudge against the V.F.D. (see above).
• Ultimately, the Organization's penchant for silencing those who know about them is terrifyingly apparent, and if you're reading this, it's probably already too late... (gun cock)
• You know too much. Sayonara. (gunshot)

Bluebeard

Bluebeard, Unholy Wife Killer

• Lesser God.
• Symbol: Crossed katanas over a Sapphire Guard cape
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Portfolio: Serial Killer, Beard of Evil, Faux Affably Evil, Wicked Cultured, The Sociopath, Complete Monster
• Domains: Evil, Murder, Hail, Charm, Nobility
• Allies: Hans Westergard, Gilles de Rais, Sideshow Bob, Ramsay Bolton
• Opposed by: All Couples Halls, Emily, Anna, Elsa, Scheherazade, Bart Simpson, Marge Simpson
• Fears: Amélie Lacroix/Widowmaker, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Bloody Mary
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Bigsby Wolf, Snow White
• Special Relationship: Charlie Chaplin, King Henry VIII
• Many in the couples halks talk of a dangerous spouse. Only known by the color of his beard, he is said to be charismatic in the public eye. Yet behind the scenes, he has a tendency to kill the wives he marries. As if that wasn't enough, he is fond of keeping his quarries in a door he keeps locked. It took the curiosity of one wife to expose his operation and end his scheme once and for all. Or that was what people thought. Reports sprang out that he hooked up with Charlotte LaBouff. Several Disney characters put a stop to it before they were intimate, but it was clear the man was here to Stay. Bluebeard has arrived in the Pantheon and he is here to stay.
• The Halls of Couples Archetypes, Couples Orientation and Couples Relationships were quick to ban him from their lands. Not even the evil deities there want to be associated with a man who desecrates the concept of their faiths.
• There are a number of victims of his followers as well as admirers of his work who hoped to follow his footsteps.
  • Probably the most famous example at the moment was the story of Hans and Anna. Prince Hans hoped to use Bluebeard's playbook to wed his way into the House of Arendelle. Thankfully, the power of sisterly loved thwarted those plans and sent him packing. Regardless, Hans felt honored to meet the man who inspired him to carry out his plot.
  • Emily's case was unique in that her husband succeeded. She remains dead, and Barks would have gotten away with it if she had not returned to the town as a zombie. Barks remains dead, but is now a follower of the notorious serial killer.
• The characters from Fables were in an odd position. They know a version of him who has reformed... or at least in under the impression of reforming. He even aids Bigby and Snow White on occasion. Even then, they remain wary of helping the man, and they are even less inclined to help the more sinister version.
• To his surprise, he found another Frenchman who was impressed with his work. In fact, the man claimed that he was the inspiration of the fairy tale. Gilles de Rais may focus on killing children, but he was motivated by the death of Jeanne d'Arc, a woman he cared greatly for. With her death, he turned to killing multiple people before being executed. Gilles met with Bluebeard in secret, expressing his support in case he wants to resume his old ways.
• It was no surprise that Sideshow Bob was singing praises for Bluebeard upon his ascension. He was even inspired enough to attempt the same thing on Marge's sister. He would have succeeded if not for the intuition of Bart. Neither member of the Simpsons family was happy with the arrival of Bluebeard.
• Besides his more well-known trait of Flaying Alive his victims, Ramsay Bolton also had a habit of killing off his wives. Yet he wouldn't call his acts callous, blaming the wives for their misfortunes. He figured the same situation happened regarding Bluebeard's many wives.
• Bluebeard was ready to face opposition to those who were against his killer ways. What he wasn't expecting was finding wives who have done the same to their husbands. The one he fears the most is literally codenamed the Black Widow. Natasha herself confirms that she has been spying on the man ever since he arrived at the Pantheon. She has made clear that if Bluebeard makes a move on someone, he would have to answer to her.
  • He also makes sure to check his widow for any sniper rounds from the Widowmaker... even though she is far less likely to target him. In fact, Amelie felt the need to kill her husband to be liberating. She is more likely to thank him for the idea... though this may change depending on whether Bluebeard become her latest hit.
• There was one wife who escape death in a way that intrigued him. Scheherazade managed to placate her husband through a series of stories that ended in Cliffhangers. She doubts such a strategy would work on a cold-blooded killer like Bluebeard and has no intention of trying to redeem him.
• Bluebeard thought he had a perfect mark in a wedding dress. The woman was desperate to find some to confess her love with and she had plenty of money on her account as well. There was just one problem; the women's desire for true love became an obsession. Her insistence in staying with her at all times grated his nerves. When he decided to cut things short, he was in for a rude awakening. The person he was with was the notorious Bloody Mary, and she was far more of a handle to kill than he could have imagined. It wasn't long before she mowed him down with her vehicle Spectre.
• Was surprised to see that someone in the Pantheon actually acted on a character based on him. That person was Charlie Chaplin and Bluebeard wanted to commend the actor on the performance. Chaplin would have none of it. The only reason he played a serial killer was to show his disdain for the countries who killed millions at war. That didn't make Bluebeard's murders any less hideous to him.
• Bluebeard was met with an odd guest one day: King Henry VIII. Instead of berating him, the king walked in for answers. He wondered if Bluebeard's murders have been because he was unsatisfied with his wives and if Bluebeard could ever find someone he would stay for the rest of his life. It was a question Bluebeard wasn't ready to answer at the time, so he saw the king off. While Bluebeard had been motivated by the money, he does wonder if he was capable of settling down with someone.

Dexter Morgan

Dexter Morgan, Divine Killer of Killers (The Bay Harbor Butcher)

• Lesser God
• Symbol: A blood-stained apron
• Theme Song: Morning Routine
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Portfolios: Adorkable, Animals Hate Him, Necessarily Evil, Can Analyze a Crime Scene in Seconds, Badass Bookworm, Keeps Trophies of the Criminals He's Killed, Consummate Liar, Control Freak, Detective Mole, Hunts the Most Dangerous Criminals, Manipulative Bastard, Noble Demon, Papa Wolf, Pragmatic Villainy, Psychotic Smirk, Sympathetic Murderer, Wouldn't Hurt a Child
• Domains: Death, Murder, Torture, Deception
• Followers: Vino, James Cash
• Allies: The Punisher, Kevin McCallister
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: The House of Law and Justice
• Rivals: Ezio Auditore, Strider Hiyru, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
• Enemies: The Joker, Batman, Light Yagami, Carnage, Dio Brando, Yoshikage Kira, Hansel and Gretel, Springtrap, Johan Liebert, Katarina, John Kramer
• Opposes: Jack the Ripper, Hannibal Lecter
• Conflicting Opinion on: Jason Todd
• Uneasy Alliance: Rem
• Feared by: Dexter
• Originally switching between Hannibal Lecter and Jack the Ripper (who competed for the title God of Serial Killers), Dexter hoped to use his divine powers to kill them both. Using the dispute to cause the two gods to feud with each other, he hoped that the two would face one last time to the death. Then, he can swoop in and finish off the weakened victor. Unfortunately, he underestimated Hannibal's cunning and the two turned on him instead. After a vicious thrashing, the two gods stripped him of his divine power and left him for dead, with the Ripper taking the Serial Killer title. Luck would befall on him as he did not die that day. Instead, he woke up at the gates of the Pantheon, rising up himself as the God of Serial-Killer Killers.
• He did not get the amount of followers he thought he'd get, as his series fell out in favor due to Seasonal Rot. Luckily, it wasn't due to his own failings and thus avoided being placed in The Fallen.
• Few gods would suspect that a serial killer would have such a neat and tidy temple. Most deities think he's just a minor detective in the House of Justice. And yet it is all a ruse: he makes other gods think of him as a normal man. That all changes when ventures off at night, luring criminals away to torture and eventually kill them. Some gods would say his actions would be downright evil if not for his targets.
  • However, he is wary for the arrival of a certain Sergeant that nearly did him in when he was a mortal. Some gods say one can always make him fidget whenever he hears this phrase
• Bad guys should NOT by any circumstances mistake him for the Boy Genius over in the House of Technology. Anyone who would want to do harm to the boy will receive an extra-painful torture session. The kid Dexter thinks his namesake is absolutely terrifying.
• Looks to the Punisher as a stalwart ally due to similar philosophies in dealing with bad guys. It's not uncommon seeing the two together to take down mobsters.
• Is absolutely despised by Batman. A staunch opponent of killing criminals, he is not fooled in the least by his facade. It doesn't help that Dexter goes after many of his rogues gallery. It really says something when he sometimes teams up with the Joker to stop him.
• One would think that he would be in good terms with fellow criminal killer Light, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Both accuse the other of overstepping their bounds and strive to kill the other. While Light does not have Dexter's full name, the later's has not been able to track down the former's whereabouts.
• There is some confusion as to whether Dexter wants to team up with Jason Todd or kill him himself. On the one hand, the Red Hood's style fits him well. On the other hand, his initial resurrection killed quite of few innocent people. Dexter decided to let him be for now.
• Is surprisingly nice with children. It helps that most do not know of his true dealings. It's that reason that Stringtrap is among his top priorities to slay.
  • Is also distraught that children themselves are capable of such evil. An encounter with Hansel and Gretel caught him off guard, barely escaping with his life. He's now ready to deal with the creepy twins, even if it means putting them down for good.
• Despite disliking the methods, Dexter knows better than to mess with most assassins in the pantheon such as Ezio and Strider. But at least one assassin took interest to taking him out. While he was resting in his innocent persona, he was attacked by a knife-throwing assassin. Luckily, he managed to fend her off and identified his assailant. Turns out Katarina was hired to kill him, most likely hired by the GUAE. Every know and then the two face off once more, usually with Dexter escaping.
• Not everyone gets scared when they find out about his hobby. When he stabbed a couple of pedophiles after Kevin McCallister, he gained favor from the God of Booby Trap Warfare. Dexter has made it clear that anyone who dare messes with the kid would get a slow, painful death.
• Rumor has it that the Jigsaw Killer is preparing a diabolical trap specifically for Dexter. He was rather interested with the man's hobbies and hopes to use his urges against him.
• One of the first gods to deduct that Dexter's not who he seems was Henry Jekyll, much to the former's surprise. It wasn't until he tracked down the cause of a ruffling of civilians that he found out why. After an intense battle with Hyde, he managed to follow the brute and he him transform to his meeker form. Though he could have killed him despite his injuries, Dexter decided to let him go, seeing to much of himself in the scientist. However, there is no doubt the The Bay Harbor Butcher will keep an eye on his alter ego.
• He has also been approached by Rem, upon hearing of how similar he was to Light, to be asked to spare Misa if he comes across her. It wasn't until he heard about why she did what she did with Light that he fully understood her situation, and agreed to at least put her at the very bottom of her "to kill" list, which Rem accepted. Upon hearing more about Dexter himself, Rem also began to pity him, and has agreed to keep close tabs on him, talking about who really deserves to die here. While she is uneasy, as he was Faking the Dead to escape into the wild to keep his loved ones safe from his killing urges, she is growing more trusting of her than she is to Light.

Ezio Auditore

Ezio Auditore da Firenze, God of Assassins (Grand Master of the Assassin Order, The Flying Eagle of Florence, Il Mentore)

• Lesser God
• Symbol: The symbol of the Order of The Assassins◊
• Themes: Venice Rooftops/Ezio's Family (Full Synchronization), Venice Rooftops (SCV mix)
• Alignment: Chaotic Good
• Portfolio: Assassination, Bully Hunter, Death, Killing, Being Sneaky, LadyKiller, Big Good,
• Domains: Death, Illusion, Mind, Time, Love, Stealth, Combat, Freedom
• Followers:
  • The Assassin Brotherhood: Aveline de Grandpré, Nikolai Orelov, Shao Jun, Arbaaz Mir, Tom Stoddard, Aguilar de Nerha, Jayadeep Mir
• Heralds: his family, Sofia Sartor (his wife), Flavia Auditore (his daughter)
• Allies:
  • Fellow Assassins: Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (His predecessor), Ratonhnhaké:ton a.k.a. Connor, Edward Kenway, Arno Dorian, Desmond Miles, Jacob and Evie Frye, Bayek of Siwa and Aya of Alexandria
  • Other: Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, Siegfried Schtauffen, Solid Snake, Raiden, Nathan Drake, most of the House of Love, Batman, Lightning, Malcador the Sigillite, Death of the Endless, Akame, Hit, Noctis Lucis Caelum
• Rivals: Shiro Tagachi, Tira
• Enemies: The Templar Order, Shay Patrick Cormac, Nyarlathotep, Steven Armstrong, Dracula, The Golden Spider, Nightmare, Darth Vader, Esdeath, the Black Organization, Jack the Ripper
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Night Raid (one-sided for now)
• Ascended on the behest of the former God of Assassins, his ancestor Altaïr. Due to his much more varied resumé, he was given the opportunity to arrive to Godhood (though he Altair joined in later on) to represent the Assassin Brotherhood and those who would continue the legacy of their precursors.
• Altaïr revealed that apparently, all of his contracts following Ezio's mortal death were actually given to Ezio himself. Now, the sole surviving Auditore continues to bring upon death to the rest of the universe.
• Was sent to the 1600s, more than a century after his mortal death, by a Piece of Edge during his travels in Spain. There, he encountered the Azure Knight, Nightmare, posing as the local Graf Dumas in order to take of the world and drown it in Soul Edge's influence. Ezio's defeat of Nightmare and Soul Edge returned him to his proper time period, however, Nightmare has sworn revenge and was not particularly pleased upon learning of Ezio's ascension.
• Monitors the growth of the Assassin Brotherhood, with his descendants/prophets, Ratonhnhaké:ton (Connor Kenway) of the American Revolution and his grandfather from the Golden Age of Piracy, Edward Kenway.
• Became good friends with Malcador while both were sharing notes on various assassination techniques that their orders use. There are rumors that their Assassins work together to eliminate dangerous threats to Humanity.
• For some time, ever since Minerva's message through him, he's been wondering just who was the phantom Desmond. After Desmond's death at the fated day December, 21, 2012, after his ascension to the Pantheon (not as a God), Ezio was admittedly surprised that he was real. They conversed for a good long while.
• Some followers have seen a couple of similarities between the Assassin Brotherhood and Night Raid, given their similar motives. Ezio's verdict on adding them to his list of followers is still pending.
  • Upon hearing of Esdeath's ascension, he's having second thoughts. For one, he's heard that while Night Raid's goals somewhat coincide with the Assassin Brotherhood's end goal, their means is to "kill everyone involved who is willingly in the way", while the Assassins try to minimize casualties to just the ones in charge and do NOT go out of their way to eliminate every single guard (though some Initiates do such things). Secondly, Esdeath's object of her affections is in Night Raid, and if he 'takes them in', he might end up be clashing with her more frequently than he'd like, and he's well aware that she's way above his league.
    • In addition, her view of the world goes against everything the Assassins stand for (and that of the Templars, too). As a result, he'd prefer not to have anything at all to do with her.
  • Sadly, he ultimately had no say in the matter regarding Night Raid, which finally ascended as Assassin Deities of Necessary Evil.
  • It's gotten to the point that he's considering joining forces with the rogue Assassin-turned Templar, Shay Patrick Cormac to take her out. This wouldn't be the first time the Templars and Assassins temporary joined forces.
• The less said about Haytham Kenway and Shay Patrick Cormac, the better. The former is a notable stain upon Ezio's bloodline while the latter is something of a reminder of their own failures.
  • And when the two ascended (only Shay getting godhood status), Ezio became enraged when he found out, dropping his usual cheerful personality in place of Tranquil Fury which greatly disturbed many of his followers. Ezio’s hatred, stems not only for the fact the Assassin-Hunter’s status as a Turn Coat, or the fact he personally butchered hundreds of his brothers, but for the reasons above. Shay himself is entertained by Ezio's resentment, actually having a rather high opinion of the man (seeing many aspects of the Assassin inside him). Nonetheless, even with a heavy-heart, Shay will not hesitate to kill the Mentor.
  • Other notable followers have more personal reasons to oppose Shay. 1) He killed Adewale, Edward's first First Mate. 2) He crippled and shamed Achilles, Connor's mentor. 3) He killed Arno's father.
• Is pleased with the ascension of his favorite musician, Miracle of Sound, and made a public announcement that any God wanting to harm the musician would have to go through him first.

Jimmy

"I was making some nice cash, and there was never a dull moment. I handled things like inventory management...Balancing the books...Labor negotiations...And, uh "janitorial services". Hey, somebody's gotta do it. That particular day, for everybody else, it was Thursday. For me, ah, it's the day I got fucked."

Jimmy, God of Hitmen Who Have Outlived Their Usefulness

• Lesser God
• Symbol: His trademark sunglasses
• Themes: Mafia II Main Theme, Men at Work and Stairway to the Stars
• Alignment: True Neutral, formerly Lawful Evil
• Portfolio: Hitman who has been targeted by his old criminal contacts, Cool Shades, Which he even wears at night, Affably Evil, Anti-Hero, Formerly an Anti-Villain, Punch-Clock Villain, Going on a revenge spree on those who set him up, Becoming a one-man army against organized crime in Empire Bay, Succeeding in his revenge quest , Managing to get no comeuppance in his revenge quest , Bald Head of Toughness, Badass in a Nice Suit
• Domains: Assassins, Hitmen, Betrayal
• Allies: Claude, Niko Bellic, Luis Fernando Lopez, Michael De Santa, Trevor Philips, and Franklin Clinton, Agent 47, Yoruka Kirihime
• Business Associates: Marcus Kincaid, Drebin 893
• Enemies: Vito and Michael Corleone, Diavolo, Melvin Harris, Officers Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski, Manny Pardo, Chief Brian Irons, Donald Love, Benny, Dimitri Rascalov, Wilson Fisk
• Opposed by: Numerous US military deities, Frankin D. Roosevelt
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Tommy Vercetti, Carl Johnson, Huang Lee, Giorno Giovanna
• In an Alternate Universe Empire Bay ruled by The Mafia, The Triads and the Tongs, The Irish Mob, and The Bombers, a mob hitman and enforcer named Jimmy was asked by his employers, the bosses of the former two organizations Sal Gravina and Tam Brody, to help them eliminate their competition, in this case the latter two organizations.
• In exchange for huge swathes of money, he complied, having helped his two friends get rid of their rivals in Eddie Fu, Leader of the Empire Bay Triads, and Elroy and Duke Tussle, heads of the Bombers Gang. Eliminating each organization from the bottom up, it ultimately culminated in Jimmy storming both of the organizations' HQs and gunning Fu and the Tussles down in cold blood.
• Satisfied at Jimmy's successful assassinations of Fu and the Tussles, Sal Gravina then informed Jimmy of one last job: stealing a luxury car with a handsome cash reward in its trunk. Without suspecting anything, the hitman then made his way to the car, which he managed to get into without issue. Just as he's about to start up the engine, he's suddenly caught in a police ambush. Without second thought, he starts up the car, and drives down the Empire Bay freeway in an attempt to escape the cops. However, the police had anticipated this, and prepared an ambush and roadblock down the same highway. Now caught between a rock and a hard place, Jimmy ultimately chose to give himself in.

Jimmy: "That's what I got for getting comfortable. I was so busy tying up loose ends for my "employers", I didn't realize the only one left was me. Assholes set me up good. The dope in the trunk got me fifteen years. Guess they couldn't find anybody with the balls to try and do me in. Dumb bastards. They got no idea what's coming."

• By his own admission, he probably should have seen this betrayal coming from a mile away, as by now he had known too much about the inner workings criminal underworld of Empire Bay.
• Having lost all of his money, cars, outfits, safehouses, and even his favorite shades, Jimmy then decided to "repay" the favor to his former employers. His first step was to organize a Prison Riot, which diverted the attention of most of the Prison Guards. Having successfully pulled one off, he beats up any remaining guards preventing him from escaping, of which there were very few, and unarmed, no less.
• Immediately following his successful escape, he killed a Gravina Crime Family soldato, took his suit, tie, and shades, and set up a hideout in one of his former safehouses. And from there, he began his Roaring Rampage of Revenge, starting with Sal Gravina and his car-smuggling operations at the Empire Bay dockyards. Not long after, he then began targeting Tam Brody's own racketeering operations. These first two attacks both served as calling cards, and would be a show of things to come.
• After a series of assassinations, ambushes, and sabotage operations (as well as vehicle thefts on the side), Jimmy ultimately managed to take down both gangs, with Gravina being killed in the ports he had managed following an intense shootout, and Brody attempting to escape the Empire Bay Forge, abandoning his own gang members to Jimmy in the process. After killing both, however, he soon found out he had one last, massive job to do: kill Judge Hillwood, a Corrupt Politician responsible for Jimmy's titular betrayal, and the man whom both the Gravinas and the Brodys were taking orders and cash from. Without second thought, he stormed Hillwood's mansion, killed his remaining associates and bodyguards, and then mortally wounded the Judge.
• Jimmy would then be last seen torching Judge Hillwood's mansion, complete with Reusable Lighter Toss, and then finally killing the bleeding Judge himself with a headshot. What happened to Jimmy afterwards is unknown.
• ...Until one day, in the House of Crime and Transgressions, a Corleone Family soldato was found dead, shot several times with a .45, with several of his buddies beaten up badly, broken ribs, bruised faces, and all. This was followed not too long after by both Corleone Dons nearly being killed when a car bomb detonated near their location.
  • Benny's own operations are also affected, with several of his criminal associates either beaten up or killed.
• Not long after, Dimitri Rascalov's criminal operations within the Pantheon are attacked, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage, cash stolen, and several of his goons killed. His associate Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski are themselves given a rude awakening, when their patrol car is found with its windows broken and its tires punctured, and the car itself full of bullet holes.
• Wilson Fisk is also attacked by a mysterious figure in a black suit, but manages to come out relatively unscathed, despite his office being peppered with .45 caliber bullets and several of his henchmen dead or wounded.
• When these "random" attacks are analyzed by officers such as Cole Phelps, they immediately notice a pattern: most of these acts of violence are directed against major criminal organizations, in particular against The Mafia.
• Eventually, Jimmy reveals himself to the rest of the Pantheon, hoping to find potential allies in his quest to take down crooked cops, politicians, and treacherous organized criminals. Ultimately, he finds a number of contacts, many of whom are or were guns for hire like himself, many of them also having been betrayed by their bosses.
  • Among those who become his closest contacts are Niko Bellic, Claude, and Luis Fernando Lopez, who like Jimmy have been betrayed by The Mafia for different reasons. Jimmy aids the latter two in certain jobs, while also respecting Niko's choice to remain out of crime for good.
  • He also begins taking jobs from Tommy Vercetti, despite initially distrusting the former Forelli soldato. When hearing about the latter's betrayal from The Don of his former organization, however, the ex-hitman decides to stick around and help him fight off his rivals.
  • With regards to Huang Lee, Jimmy is surprisingly cool with working alongside him. It probably helps that Huang himself has also been similarly betrayed by criminal associates, and unlike Eddie Fu, has proven himself to be a rather trustworthy associate.
  • As for Carl Johnson, Jimmy gets along with rather well, again due to their experiences with The Mafia, but the former tells Jimmy to leave Big Smoke alone, as he's Carl's own problem.
• In addition, Jimmy can also be seen acquainting himself with other hitmen and assassins, in order to get a comprehensive idea of the Pantheon's criminal underworld, and potentially, those who might wrong him. In particular, he is seen discussing various topics with Agent 47 and Yoruka Kirihime, mostly about each others' Dark and Troubled Past and subsequent betrayals.
• Aside from targeting criminal organizations and corrupt cops, Jimmy has also targeted numerous Corrupt Politician types present in the Pantheon. Donald Love, who had tried for running for the position of Mayor in Liberty City, and a known Serial Killer, disgusts Jimmy heavily, so the latter plans accordingly just in case the corporate mogul slash politician tries once again to slip away.
  • Also plans on going after Mr. X for similar reasons, the latter being a very influtential Corrupt Corporate Executive and crime boss. And no, not the BOW of the same name, since his specialty isn't dealing with bioweapons.
• Among those after him that aren't criminals or crooked officials are members of the US military, such as Cpl. Boyd Travers and Sgt. Jack Barnes. This was due to Jimmy having killed 3 US Army soldiers and then stealing a 2 and a half ton truck during one car theft job.
  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt in particular has issued an arrest order on the ex-hitman, as having criminals stealing valuable supplies or vehicles during the middle of an ongoing, two-front war would be detrimental.
• When not going after criminals and corrupt politicians, Jimmy can be seen purchasing various firearms of different calibers from both Marcus Kincaid and Drebin 893, ranging from .45 caliber handguns to military-grade weapons such as machine-guns, combat shotguns, and assault rifles.

Misa Amane

Misa Amane, Goddess of Serial Killer Copycats (Misa Misa, The Second Kira, Blackout Queen, Mia Sutton)

• Lesser God
• Symbol: Her Death Note
• Theme Song(s): Misa no Uta (English version)
• Alignment: Neutral Evil
• Portfolio: Dark Mistress, Imitating Kira, Nice Yet Villainous, Cute, but Cacophonic, Perky Goths And Female Minions, Her Parents Died In Front of Her, Shinigami Eyes, Dark Is Evil, Secret-Keeper, Fangirl of the First Kira, Pop Star Come Serial-Killer Killer, Attractive Yet Villainous, Elegant Gothic Lolita, Stepford Smiler
• Domains: Killers, Divas, Perkiness, Lovers
• Followers: Roy Burns, Peter Foley, The Yorkshire Ripper, Mitsuo Kubo, The Jokerz
• Allies: Light Yagami and all who ally with him. On a more personal note: Rem, Harley Quinn, Chianti, Excel, Kotonoha Katsura, Barney Stinson, Neopolitan
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Seras Victoria, Waylon Smithers
• Enemies: Anyone who opposes Light Yagami, particularly her own House and good-aligned members of the House of Law and Justice (they oppose his Knight Templar ways). On a more personal note: Gene Hunt, Medea and Souchirou Kuzuki, The Mad Hatter, Jessica Rabbit, The Joker, Sidney Prescott
• Conflicting Opinion on: Lady Macbeth
• She is a popular model and diva, very bubbly in personality. Underneath this, however, is a tragic Serial Killer. Misa was broken by watching her family murdered in front of her eyes in an armed robbery. The killers' trial constantly stalled, so when Light Yagami(the first Kira) offed them she came to worship the man. Gaining her own Death Note, she'd act as Kira, getting the attention of the original. She would become Light's Dark Mistress, and an integral part of his gambits. Though having Undying Loyalty towards Light, she will protest against Light thinking of adding any family members to his name. She also isn't too comfortable with the idea of writing someone in the Death Note to die in front of their family.
• Though the first Kira rip-off, she's not the only example. The third Kira, Kyosuke Higuchi, is a repulsive figure who killed to further his business and was part of Light's gambit. The fourth Kira, Teru Mikami, is even more devoted to Light and the spirit of his work. Finally, there's the fifth Kira, whose identity was never revealed and gave what he believed was Mercy Kills to the old, infirmed and suicidal before offing himself.
• Rem was absolutely ecstatic to learn that her beloved Misa had ascended to the pantheon, and is trying to persuade her not to follow Light Yagami. So far, no success whatsoever.
• Used to be a follower of Waylon Smithers, mainly out of necessity so she could get closer to Light. Though she has no idea why he'd be interested in Mr. Burns, she does wish for the best in his efforts. Mr. Smithers appreciates it, but would rather not associate himself with a serial killer. Can easily understand where Barney Stinson is coming from, and is trying to get him to be a PR campaign for Kira.
• She doesn't think much of her own followers; the Yorkshire Ripper is a complete scumbag to her, and while she feels bad for Roy Burns, she thinks he's focusing on the wrong kind of scum.
• She confused Setsuna F Seiei for Light Yagami, as they sound really similar. The two weren't interested in one another, but Misa did pity him a whole lot for his Dark and Troubled Past. Setsuna wants nothing to do with the Death Note.
• She's naturally happy to be part of the House of Crime, but for the time she's putting up a facade to be an inside woman. Through her and Light Yagami, Misa plans to destroy that her own house from the inside out. She's aware that if she's the only person left the House of Crime will collapse and she'll be Killed Off for Real, but as always will give her life to further Kira's cause.
• She's trying to make Light the new head of the House of Law and Justice. None of the good-aligned members of said house are letting her in. In particular, she doesn't like Gene Hunt as his tactics remind her of the time she was held captive. She immediately joined the Grand United Alliance of Law after learning that Light Yagami was there. Sidney Prescott does not like her, as she's faced off copycat killers of her own.
• Is considered somewhat of a ditz due to her childish, hyperactive and impulsive behavior. That being said, she's not actually stupid and can be pretty smart at times (such as tricking Kyosuke Higuchi), but compared to the brilliant Light and L she does come off as dumb. This peppy attitude led her to become friends with Excel, who was interested in Kira's promise of a better world.
• While she's really nice when she's not killing, she can get really nasty when jealous. In the pantheon, she's really envious towards Medea and Souchirou Kuzuki for being villains in a happy and loving relationship. She can get where Kotonoha Katsura is coming from. Is aware of the shipping between Light and L. She doesn't get it and hopes it's nothing but subtext so that she has a chance with Light.
• Spends much of her time in the House of Music and Costumes, due to her job as a model and actress. She's also a singer, however sounds rather off so she hasn't gotten that far in the former house. She's engaging in a rivalry with Jessica Rabbit. Once got into trouble with Jervis Tetch, who kidnapped her and dressed her up like Alice.
• Thanks to the Shinigami Eyes, Misa is able to see the name and lifespan of others. The downside is that it halves her lifespan, which she's done twice. The impermanence of death in the pantheon means she can make the deal as many times as she wants without worry, though it's a double-edged sword for her and Light as the same impermanence diminishes the Death Note.
• The Pantheon is not the only time Misa has cheated death, as she's been Spared by the Adaptation on a number of occasions. Though they have also been a double-edged sword as she's gone through many a Death by Adaptation as well.
• Though Harley Quinn is a criminal, Misa sees her as an exception to the rule and a good friend. Being a blond, perky Dark Mistress to a criminal mastermind, they can easily sympathize with each other. She is working with Poison Ivy to eliminate her obsession with the Joker and get rid of her. Due to her Shinigami Eyes, the Joker tries to avoid any contact with either her or Light.
  • Shares a friendship with Chianti of the Black Organization on account of Chianti being unnerved by Harley's constantly changing sides.
• As her own parents were murdered in front of her, she can get where Seras is coming from. Seras is sympathetic, however, ultimately regards her as a threat due to being one of the Kiras. She's not entirely sure what to think of Lady Macbeth; Light doesn't trust her and feels she's too manipulative over Macbeth, but understands her position and desire to help her husband.

Nemesis (Icon Comics)

Nemesis, God of Cop Killers ("Matthew Anderson")

• Lesser God
• Symbol: His bloody white costume
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Cop Killer, A Joker-Like Character With Batman's Resources, Completely Psychotic And Depraved, Villain Protagonist and Escapist Character Deconstruction, Light Is Not Good, Does Not Even Bother Hiding His Sneering Contempt, One-Man Army who invokes Asskicking Leads to Leadership, Medical Rape and Impregnate, Is Merely Rich And Bored
• Domains: Ultraviolence, Psychopathy, Murder, Supervillainy
• High Priest: Clarence Boddicker
• Interested in: Slaanesh
• Allies: The Fraternity, The Batman Who Laughs, the Plutonian, Patrick Bateman, Cioccolata, Bullseye, Ladd Russo, Cletus Kasady, Chief Brian Irons, Black Noir (Comic Version)
• Psycho for Hire for: The Grand United Alliance of Evil
• Headbutting Villains with: The Joker
• Rivals: Manny Pardo (mutual), James Moriarty (only to Nemesis)
• Enemies: Every cop, the Halls of Officers and Detectives, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Commissioner Jim Gordon, really the House of Law and Justice as a whole (particularly Judge Dredd, Alex J Murphy), Sherlock Holmes, Dr John Watson the ascended presidents, Light Yagami, August Heart, Josuke Higashikata, Frank Castle, Linkara, Barry Allen, Scar (FMA), pretty much any non-evil and some evil deities in his crosshairs
• Wary of: The goddess Nemesis
• Not to be confused for: Nemesis (Resident Evil)
• What if someone had Batman's resources and wealth, but the Joker's psychosis and love of wanton cruelty? You have Nemesis, a white-clad maniac who does cruel and despicable acts for fun. He decides to make Officer Blake Morrow his new enemy, trying to break him and screw with him, but eventually bites off more than he can chew and Morrow guns down the maniac.
• Nemesis' favorite hobby is murdering police officers, and he's scarily good at it. Allegedly this is out of revenge against Blake for busting his psycho parents like an anti-Batman, but in reality he stole the identity of their son Matthew Anderson, and is just a bored psychopath who paid his way into being a supervillain. It is believed that the GUAE was in charge of this organization, and has convinced him of this so they can use him as a hired gun against officers of the pantheon. It's unknown if he's been convinced or just finds this a good avenue for his murderous tendencies.
• To nobody's surprise, if Nemesis is to enter the House of Law and Justice for any reason orders are to shoot him on sight. And if he goes anywhere near an ascended president he's to be gunned down with extreme prejudice, due to his infiltration of the Pentagon and involvement with the death of his world's president. Among those who want a go at Nemesis are Commissioner Gordon due to Officer Blake's clear influence from him, Judge Dredd and Robocop as they can more than keep up with him, and of course Batman. For Robocop It's Personal even if it isn't for Nemesis, as he was "killed" by a Cop Killer known as Clarence Boddicker. In response, Nemesis made Boddicker his High Priest to twist the knife even further should he ever be removed from the pantheon.
  • As no-one knows who he is underneath the costume, it's very possible that he's ventured into the house with casual clothing and nobody was the wiser.
• Has been enrolled by The Fraternity, with whom he shares an origin and that might've been the financiers of his schemes (not that Nemesis will ever be in the mood to reveal anything about himself).
• It's worth noting most ascended cop killers don't like him or couldn't care less about Nemesis, especially Scar who is trying to leave his State Alchemist-killing days behind and even then had a sympathetic motive while Nemesis has none. Scar just sees him as scum that needs to be erased.
• While similar to the Joker and a Villain Protagonist, Nemesis is a deconstruction of this kind of character. He's a Jerkass with no charm and his evil isn't over the top enough to be entertaining. Many, like Linkara, decry him as a mere Flat Character and "edgelord villain", but as Nemesis doesn't give a damn about what other people think of him he doesn't bother commenting. The Joker himself may enjoy his ability to fuck with people and slaughter, but mocks him of a lack of artistry and flair in his actions. Even if he gets that he's not the type who wants an award in particular.
• Could be considered the Batman That Laughs before he was a thing, albeit a more realistic take on it. Laughs certainly noticed, and thinks Nemesis has a good start. While he initially couldn't care less, Laughs convinced him to join him as despite his skills as The Chessmaster, there are far greater threats out there and he's going to need his help if he can properly fufill his kicks as a supervillain. The Plutonian was picked as his first real partner in crime because Laughs was amused at an Ax-Crazy Batman and Superman expy teaming up.
• Among those that Nemesis lets travel in his custom car are Cioccolata, Bullseye and Patrick Bateman. Though a smug asshole who thinks of himself as the best supervillain, he does admit he finds their sheer cruelty and in Lester's case ability to fuck with the hero impressive. Bateman is because he's probably the closest to what Nemesis as a person is: a bored, affluent man who finds release in murder and other depravities. When the four are driving Nemesis is the straight man, if only because he doesn't have any quirks about him.
• Light Yagami may be a mass murderer as, if not even more dangerous than Nemesis, but he still despises him. Nemesis scoffed at this as he claims to be in it for the greater good, but is looking for the same kind of thrill he is and merely finds him chaotic to Kira's "lawful" killings. Fortunately for Nemesis, the fact his real name and anything about his civilian identity is unknown means he can't be targeted by the Death Note. He claimed that was the entire point of him being anonymous, but given he didn't know of the pantheon until after his mortal demise it's just bullshit to make himself seem smarter.
• Frank Castle and August Heart regard Nemesis as merely another costumed criminal they need to gun down, though thanks to Barry Allen's influence Heart is slightly less likely to gun Nemesis down. In case anyone's wondering, the Flash considers Nemesis to be a thouroughly reprehensible person who's everything Batman isn't. Batman naturally despises him and thinks Nemesis is what he'd become if he let his wealth erode his morality. Not that the lunatic cares, as he's not interested in any Hannibal Lecture and just wants to ruin his life or kill him. Whatever is more entertaining for him.
• Boasts about being a criminal mastermind. While Nemesis is good at the Gambit Roulette and knows how to make himself top dog to criminals, he's nowhere near as good as James Moriarty. He thinks otherwise and points to his reign of terror, and that he plans to outdo both himself and Moriarty by defeating Holmes and Watson. He remains dismissive of the man, citing Nemesis as "a smug jackanape who relies on his money and the group supplying him for anything".
• Though he doesn't show much fear, Nemesis does feel like he's walking on eggshells when he's within eyesight of the mythological Nemesis. Granted it's unknown if he's violated her rules and isn't a Karma Houdini because he was gunned down by Blake, but even he knows she's not to be trifled with. He does have a more positive view on Slaanesh, given he's some kind of hedonist as the only reason he's a supervillain is relieving boredom. He might consider s/her gifts, but is hesitant as he knows what that often pertains.
• Would rather avoid Josuke Higashikata. Though a Badass Normal, this means he cannot see Stands, and he knows what he did to Anjuro Katagiri. He'd also like to avoid Theodore Roosevelt for obvious reasons. All of this has led to the Joker further deriding him for his lack of flair and stating he's a poor imitator. These are statements which Nemesis tolerates only because the Joker does know a good time.
• One of few questions that doesn't get a condescending response from Nemesis is "how do you deal with the blood on your costume?", and his answer was "I go to the same laundromat Ladd goes to". Another was how a Cop Killer like Nemesis would feel about a Killer Cop, namely Manny Pardo. His answer was "it'd be fun working with him but he's too paranoid. Instead I'll enjoy a game of cat and mouse instead of just icing him immediately". Brian Irons was willing to work for him as an inside man, however, since it gives him an outlet for his psychosis.
• Nemesis' unpleasant personality is subdued when he's working with the aforementioned Ladd, as he likes his fashion sense and For the Evulz behavior. Ladd enjoys his company and while Nemesis is smug and morally void, it's not to the point of Ladd's Break the Haughty or Even Evil Has Standards range. Nemesis also has some atom of respect for Carnage, since in his own words "he's a nihilistic psycho, but he's not up his own ass like the Joker is. I just wish he cleaned up the blood stains more often; it's murder on the laundromat".
• Is utterly despised in the House of Family and Relatives for what he did to the Morrow siblings, where a woman was not only impregnated with her (closeted gay) brother's sperm, but the womb was rigged to collapse if there was an attempt to abort the fetus. Even the incestuous deities think that is screwed up beyond any level of acceptance.
• He is extremely amused by Black Noir who is another Batman Expy that happens to be completely psychopathic, though with an all-black costume. At least in his original persona as TV Noir has some measure of a conscience, Nemesis and Noir like to cause mayhem together.

Demigods

Bill Williamson (Rampage)

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the new attraction of the Pantheon! I can catch bullets! And I will elevate you and me to a new level!

William "Bill" Williamson, The Unholy Spree Killer (The Tenderville Terrorist, Tenderbill87)

^{Bill Unarmoured and Unmasked}

• A Being Capable of Displaying Adequate Human Skills and Feats^note Essentially a Demigod, but Bill refuses to identify as such because of him being a Hardcore Atheist
• Symbol: A stash of guns with the Anarchist Symbol on the background
• Theme Song: The OST from the First Two Movies
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Western Terrorist who Commits a Scattered Series of Murders in Quick Timings, Villain Protagonist who does Make some Good Points, Has Absolutely No Capacity to Feel Remorse or Guilt, Rants About the Meaningless of Life, Hardcore Atheist, Ax-Crazy, From Nobody to Nightmare, Psychopathic Manchild, Believes the US Military is a Puppet for the Government, Claims his Actions are to Prevent Overpopulation, but is instead Driven by Sadism and Self-Gratification, Is Affectionate for his Immediate Family, Go Out with a Smile
• Domains: Terrorism, Hatred, Misanthropy, Anarchy, Murder, Darwinism
• Heralds: Crystal (his wife), Billy (his son)
• Allies: Tanya Von Degurechaff, Victor Zsasz, Cletus Kasady/Carnage, Trevor Philips, David Banner
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: The Joker, Thanos, Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja, 50 Blessings
• Rivals: The Antagonist (Hatred), Agent Smith
• Enemies: Josiah Bartlet, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frank Underwood, Senator Armstrong, Frank Castle/The Punisher, Bojack Horseman
• Opposes: Cosmos, Melkor, YHVH, Lucifer, Nekron, Gaea, House of Religion and Faith, Hall of Politicians, Nostalgia Critic, Linkara, Really Anyone that is Considered an Actual God
• Opposed By Houses of Law and Justice, Theatre and Spectacle, and Philosophy
• Bill Williamson is a mechanic who lives with his parents in Tenderville, Oregon. Sounds fine and dandy, but turns out, he's a hardcore misanthrope who's been developing a dark urge to lash out on the world. And when the time came, Bill crafted a unique body armor, filled with Kevlar, ballistic helmet, and a paintball mask and taking with him dual sub-machine guns, pistols, and knives. There, he initiated a series of killings with the "supposed intent to prevent overpopulation", believing that this would cause the extinction of life. He rampaged Tenderville with a body count of 93 people whilst ranting about the misfortunes of the world whenever he was televised. From there on out, Bill's rampage continued to escalate, killing police officers and innocent bystanders, stealing from a bank, fighting against SWAT teams, assassinating the United States President, Vice-President, and the Secretary of Defense, and finally dying in a battle against FBI Agents, though he ended up winning in the long-run, having become an internet sensation and inspiring a legion of fans and followers who took Bill's rants and taking them out on rich and powerful figures in the world.
• The Pantheon had long since recognized Bill's notoriety and infamy by the time he had his mortal coil shed. And when Bill had awoken, he was stunned to realize that he was laying down next to a tree that was similar to the one where he slumped down and died besides. Somewhat perplexed, Bill decided to venture off to what he considered a safe zone, stumbling across the House of Slaughter. There, he finally realized the situation he was in, that he was now taken to a new realm and he was to be a recognized individual there, to be represented his reputation of being a Spree Killer. Bill eventually found and bought a stash of guns and equipment, with which to craft a new suit for himself and decided to embrace his second chance, though he was soon to develop his own gripes in the Pantheon.
• Normally, anyone who "ascends" into the Pantheon is referred to as a deity, and more often than not, they would accept that disposition, or wouldn't mind it all that much. Bill doesn't take this information kindly. He's a hardcore atheist who believes that religion is a corrupting scam and that they should all be destroyed, instead choosing to state that science is the ideal path to go for and that Atheism is really the only pathway where people can truly view themselves as independent and free to live out their life as they want it to. On another note, he denounces being called a "Demigod", thinking that it's a "pointless label that serves as a means to make oneself limited and insecure about their presence in the Pantheon". He's more surprised about the fact that he's the first being in the Pantheon to oppose this label, and it only motivates him to lash out at someplace and assert that he is doing a "service". The fact that, in his point of view, the Pantheon keeps getting new deities every once in a while, alongside Heralds, Followers, and High Priests, tell him that it, too, will be a victim of overpopulation and feels further invalidated to create another rampage.
• When Bill realized that the Pantheonic Realms had a collection of legitimate gods of all kinds and alignments, his response was to exclaim that they're all pathetic and pointless and that they should simply just go and die in a hole for all he cares about, and he doesn't spare any iteration of Satan from his scathing sentiment either. Melkor thought he would have been a potentially good recruit for his forces of evil, but Bill simply rebuked, alongside calling Cosmos a "closeted, cowardly bitch" who hides behind other beings to do her services. He fails to realize that Cosmos can fight back, but her main strength revolves around motivating and nurturing her followers and allies, though even then, Bill wouldn't care less about that.
  • Above all, Bill hates YHVH the most, primarily because YHVH is the version of God that Bill personally envisions and staunchly thinks he an abomination that needs to be destroyed as soon as possible, attributing to the fact that YHVH wants creation to follow his whims and propose, which Bill felt was his way of saying "I will take away your ability to think and judge things for yourself and to live life like you you want it to be". One might think that Bill's philosophy may coincide and even potentially lead him to the Grand United Alliance of Chaos, but he sees Lucifer as a Control Freak masquerading as someone who would present the opportunity of free choices and would proudly tell him to piss off if he was ever invited.
  • Given his fanatically negative stance in religion, Bill opposes the House of Religion and Faith by principle and seeks to one day storm and raid the temple and gun down whatever resident, follower, and deity he comes across. That said, he quickly realized that doing so, even with his current gear wouldn't really be a good idea and intends to find better equipment, potential allies, or both of that was to ever happen.
  • Bill also despises Hollywood, claiming that the film industry has played a part in subduing people's mindset and rendering them dumb and puppet-like towards the government and the elites. Seeing how much of Hollywood itself has been sanctified in the House of Theatre and Spectacle, Bill was very proactive in opposing the place and plans to burn the whole place down one day. Even when told that what he thinks doesn't make any sort of sense, Bill refuses to take back his claims and wants people to stop clamoring to films and feeding into their success.
  • Some may say Bill had finally found Nirvana, and others say that something very bad is brewing, but all can agree that joining forces with a fellow atheist in Tanya von Degurechaff is scary but fitting. Both have the utmost hatred for gods in the Pantheon, though the soldier is more harsh on those who are a Jerkass God, whereas Bill is in contempt with pretty much any god in general. Regardless, the camaderie the two have shown together has quite a few gods quaking- one of those being Keiki Haniyasushin, who is tangled up in constant dispute with Tanya, now a bit worried with the ramifications of this friendship.
• Admiration may be the wrong word, but Bill does think the House of Science is one of the few Houses that is worth his time, and during his non-violent days, he takes small periods of visitations to see what is going on and what can be thought of and invented that could help fellow anarchists and atheists in their lives. It's one of the few times where Bill doesn't act homicidal, though he does carry with him a tone of deceit, condescension, and hatemongering, which renders the guy rather unpopular.
• Unusually, for someone as violently sadistic and demented as Bill is, he does have a degree of affection, namely for his parents, who died because of Bill's actions^note his mother crashed her car after being intoxicated by drinking too much out of stress for what her son became and his father committed suicide out of shame for not being able to convince Billbto give up his killings. Being reminded of them marks one of the few times Bill does get emotional, though he's quick to rebound to the sociopathic killer he is known for. He also has a wife and son, named Crystal and Billy, neither of whom share Bill's violent tendencies and is rather protective of them. Of course, this doesn't win him sympathy points for the House of Family and Relatives, who think Bill is too dangerous to let in, something which he anticipated and would like to reciprocate by gunning down most of the House or finding a way to make sure Crystal and Billy are taken care of.
• About the only allies he can actually find and work with are Victor Zsasz and Cletus Kasady, as both of them are in approval of Bill's actions and share a simplistic taste of bloodhunger and sadism. The fact that Bill was able to rack up such a high body count just with his quick wit, planning, and craft was admittedly pretty impressive. There is, however, a key difference in that Bill still clings to the fact that he intends for his actions to be for a greater cause, despite his nihilism, whereas Zsasz and Kasady honestly don't care about anything else but the desire to kill and maim. That said, Kasady does respect Bill's feat of managing to convince other people to follow in his footsteps and start rebelling against society violently, which Kasady claimed was an "exquisite way of unleashing hell and anarchy".
  • He also similarly gets along with Trevor Philips and has some form of common ground with David Banner. With Trevor, both take utmost enjoyment out of violence and their experiences in dealing with their enemies and robbing banks, alongside showcasing some sort of virtues, namely caring for their relatives, resourcefulness, and determination. Like Bill himself, David is also a misanthrope who despises religion and the military. Bill was eager to have him as a potential ally and tried to appease him with his worldviews and how he was able to convince people to follow his mindset and confront those that Bill personally opposed. David was open to accepting an invitation, much to a lot of people's concern and dismay.
  • The Joker and Takeshi Asakura are more strained in this regard. Like Bill, they enjoy killing, however, Joker wants to be theatrical and bombastic about his crimes whereas Asakura, in addition to killing, also desires to fight a strong opponent to further satiate his violent tendencies. They enjoy Bill's bloodthirsty nature and his success rate, but his intents for inspiring others to engage in anarchy was thought to be a bore for The Joker and Asakura, who know all too well that Bill really doesn't care much about others so much as he just wants to cause harm, and that trying to be "inspirational", puts a stall on their fun, much to the two's annoyance.
  • To Bill's surprise, Thanos (or rather, one iteration of him) also sought to prevent overpopulation by killing off half of the existing universe. Bill was not amused to learn of such, partly thinking that Thanos must have taken the idea of his goals straight from him and partly because he belongs to a franchise that is heavily milked and lavished by Hollywood. While they do have a penchant for killing and have seen each other as useful for their own ends, they clearly don't get along as both accurately predicted one another that their goal of preventing an overpopulation crisis is complete bullshit; Bill revels in his cruelty whereas Thanos wanted to selfishly validate his beliefs as facts.
  • 50 Blessings was a secretive organization that specialized in approaching others as a Mysterious Benefactor in the hopes of steering America into a nationalistic state as their founder, a U.S. Army Colonel lost the Russo-American War and was bitter over this matter. One of their methods in achieving their goals was to hire and coerce its followers into committing a series of spree killings and terrorist acts, particularly towards the Russian Mob and, like Bill, assassinating the U.S. and Russian Presidents. Despite their chaotic and destructive nature, Bill isn't too invested in 50 Blessings, not to mention that he doesn't aim for something like nuclear holocaust, which the organization committed. He'll accept some of their deals, if only because it gives Bill more resources and ideas on where to strike.
• While both are misanthropes who will sadistically toy with their victims Bill is very adverse and cautious of Agent Smith, as the latter is hellbent on eliminating every living being in existence, be they organic and machines. Smith himself finds some sort of intrigue towards Bill for his tenacity and knowledge of violence and weaponry, but otherwise, there isn't much to tread when it comes down to common grounds. That said, Bill does agree with Agent Smith regarding his hatred towards humanity whereas the latter is rather pleased to see that there are some beings who happen to share that particular notion, but otherwise, Bill avoids Smith, knowing that he's probably too strong for him to contend against.
• Being a well-known Spree Killer has led Bill to learn about an individual who most people refer to as "Not Important" due to an occurrence where he declared that his name was "not important" in his goals (and people ended up taking it literally). Both were misanthropic nihilists and one would wonder if they could get along. Fortunately for everyone else, they don't, and that's because "Not Important" simply wants to wreak havoc on the Pantheon, whereas Bill wants to do that, in addition to also wanting to inspire others to see him as a positive example in becoming violent anarchists and lashing out against governments and the elite class. Bill thinks "Not Important" is surprisingly boring despite their similarities, whereas the latter is not afraid of killing the former if they ever end up crossing paths.
  • Another Spree Killer is Frank Castle, a man who, upon seeing his family get gunned down as collateral damage and having their deaths be covered by the CIA without ever being solved, took arms to deliver lethal justice towards criminals as The Punisher and embark on a neverending crusade against crime as a result. The Punisher is one of the few "normal beings" in the Pantheon that Bill actually takes caution of, given his infamy of killing all sorts of killers in his time as a vigilante and for being a former soldier who fought in the Vietnam War. Bill has since been adamant about practicing his hunting skills and looking into his weapons and gear in case he ever stumbles across Frank. Conversely, Frank sees Bill as another criminal that he would have to dispose of at some point. One can only picture the fact that a fight between Bill and The Punisher would get really bloody really quickly.
• Bill being able to assassinate the President of the United States, as well as the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense made him a feared figure for politicians alike, who have since done a lot in their power to ensure they are well protected in case Bill brings his fights to them. The Hall of Politicians just so happens to be one of those particular places where Bill is heavily focused on attacking, hence the House of Leadership has done whatever they can to stave Bill off. Unsurprisingly, he isn't stopping anytime soon.
  • Interestingly enough, Josiah Bartlet is a very staunch believer of Christianity, often quoting from the Bible from time to time. That information wasn't lost on Bill, who found Josiah to be pretentious and leeching for fame and attention by appealing to religion. Josiah sees Bill as a lunatic that has to be dealt with as quickly as possible, knowing that he would want to be targeting him for assassination at some point. Frank Underwood also sees Bill as a threat, thinking that his actions are too chaotic and damaging to be of any productivity to his own ends, otherwise Frank takes concern only because Bill is a potential threat to his power and his goals. For once, some were in agreement with Bill as Frank is the sort of president that he would rant about, though this does nothing to improve Bill's reputation.
• The House of Law and Justice absolutely abhor Bill, given that he callously and remorselessly gunned down several police officers in his home city before moving on to fighting and killing off SWAT and FBI members for daring to resist him and put an end to his carnage. Bill justifies himself by saying that they're all controlled by propaganda and their need to conform to some sort of self-righteous standards and their selfish desires. Nearly every resident doesn't care for what Bill has to say, except to state that he's not exactly preaching what he says, so he has no right to call out others either way. Even if he is permanently banned from the House, Bill has made countless efforts to break in and incite a battle, with each attempt becoming more intense and desperate on Bill's part, hoping that he could motivate and inspire enough people to raid the House together.
• Bill's entire existence and popularity can be owed to Uwe Boll, the film director who envisioned and created the character and his story. Because of this tidbit of information, some critics, particularly the Nostalgia Critic and Linkara tend to poke fun at Bill for having who they think is one of the worst directors of all time as his origin source. Bill, on the other hand, sees both critics as targets to kill solely for insulting his motives, though according to some sources, Bill's story ended up being arguably Boll's first good effort^note as in actually something worth a watch, so Bill asserts that Doug and Lewis aren't really in any position to ridicule him.

"If you want to change something, you have to change something."

Brave Companions

The Brave Companions^{Known Members}Vargo Hoat, Urswyck, Utt, Shagwell, Zollo, Timeon, Pyg, Iggo, Togg Joth, Three Toes, Rorge, Bitter, Divine Carnival of Killers (The Bloody Mummers, The Footmen, Toes of the Goat | Vargo Hoat: The Goat, The Goat-helm, Goat of Harrenhal, The Crippler, The Qohorik | Urswyck: Urswyck the Faithful, Faithful Urswyck | Shagwell: Shagwell the Fool | Zollo: Zollo the Fat | Timeon: Timeon of Dorne | Rorge: Broken Nose, The Mad Dog of Saltpans, "The Hound")

Banner of the Brave Companions, showing the Black Goat of Qohor

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for their leader, Vargo Hoat

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for Rorge, Vargo's successor

• Demigods
• Symbol: The Black Goat of Qohor
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio(in general): Adapted Out, Insanely, Self-Destructively Evil, Carnival of Killers, Equal-Opportunity Evil, Rape, Pillage, and Burn, Neither Brave Nor Loyal, Only In It For Kicks, Fish out of Water, Private Military Contractors, Better Known As The Bloody Mummers (Don't Call Them That), Suffering Horrible Yet Deserved Fates (most of them)
  • Specific to Vargo Hoat: Having An Absurdly Long Goatee, Goat Motif, Speech Impediment, Laughably Evil (Well, Relatively Speaking), Likes To Cut People's Limbs Off, Cold-Blooded Torture, Wrong Genre Savvy, Fed His Own Body Parts
  • Specific to Rorge: Obsessed With Rape, Namely Little Girls, Straw Misogynist, The Noseless, Extreme Psychopathy, Used To Be Lowlife Criminal, Unskilled, but Strong, Carpet of Virility, A Depraved Psycho Among Even The Brave Companions
  • Specific to other members: Killed His Wife, Yet To Face Karma, Screw This, I'm Outta Here (Urswyck), Pedophile Priest, Would Hurt a Child, Remorseful Of His Actions (Not That It Stops Him) (Septon Utt), Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor, Epic Flail, Psychotic Fool, Thinks He's Too Funny to Be Evil, I Love the Dead (Shagwell the Fool), Thinks He's A Feral Dog, The Brute, I Am a Humanitarian, Was Raised As A Wild Dog By Rorge, The Pig-Pen (Biter), Defiant to the End, Saner Than The Rest (Timeon of Dorne), Fat Bastard, Stout Strength, Uses An Arakh, Among The Surviving Brave Companions (Zollo the Fat), We Hardly Knew Ye (Iggo and Pyg)
• Domains: Sellswords, Crime, Depravity, Pillaging, Insanity
• High Priests: Harman and the Killer 7
• Employers: The Grand United Alliance of Evil, The Grineer, Tywin Lannister, Roose Bolton (formerly)
• Allies: Wild Hunt (particularly Champ and Rorge), Cioccolata, Gauron, Wyald, Chianti and Korn (Teeth-Clenched Teamwork)
  • Specific to individual members: Richard Trager (Vargo Hoat), Ethan Roark Junior (Rorge), Gluttony, Piggsy (Biter)
• Enemies: Westeros in general, but especially Gregor Clegane, Jaime Lannister and Arya Stark. Among those who really want them dead are Night Raid, Guts, Ren Amamiya and the Phantom Thieves of Heart, Dexter Morgan, John Hartigan, Marv, Bruce Wayne, Calus, Dollface(Black), Tien Shinhan, basically all of the House of Law and Justice
  • Specific to individual members: Anyone who's lost a limb, Piccolo, the House of Flesh Eaters (Vargo Hoat), EVERY GIRL IN THE PANTHEON (Rorge), Chris Hansen (Rorge and Utt), the entire House of Religion and Faith (Utt)
• Opposed by: Every female deity and/or rape victim, and those who find them despicable. So basically almost everyone in the pantheon
• Sellswords don't have the best reputation in Westeros, working for the highest bidder and are said to have no loyalty. If the Golden Company represents the best of the sellswords, the Brave Companions represent the worst. Each member is out of their mind violent, more interested in pillaging and causing general harm. Though if someone needs dirty work done, they're your man. Just don't expect them to be smart about their psychotic actions.
• One of the few positive things that can be said about the Brave Companions is that they're non-discriminatory. Many are from Essos, and pack a variety of organized serial killers. There aren't any women serving, but that's more to do with at least half the group being rapists. Melkor admires their sadism and has them doing dirty work for the GUAE so they can indulge in it along with making a lot of money. Roose and Tywin found them too needlessly sadistic for their taste. The Grineer has a different perspective on them; "Arrogant. Sadistic. Unstable. They are perfect for us".
• Seen as somewhat of an Evil Counterpart to Night Raid. Both are a Carnival of Killers, however Night Raid is about making the corrupt pay, the Brave Companions are a tool to enforce corruption and overall represent the worst of humanity-unlike other evil groups like the Mountain's Men or Ramsay's Bastard Boys, there's no Token Good Teammate and Punch-Clock Villain in sight with them. They get along better with Wild Hunt, given they're both organized psychopaths. Calus finds them the type of people born from a miserable slog that are out to make the world a miserable slog. Nothing but scum, an enemy to the hedonistic paradise he works for. Dollface wants to run them down with Darkside if she missed with the guns and missiles.
• Despite being called "The Brave Companions", they aren't brave nor have a sense of companionship. They target defenseless people and use sneak attacks, and are prone to abandoning each other if things go south. They're better known as the Bloody Mummers, which reflects their views on comedy as well. While they'll find any excuse to indulge their sadism, they'll be ESPECIALLY sadistic if people don't refer to them as the Brave Companions.
• Shagwell the Fool is probably the one member of the Brave Companions who doesn't mind being called a Bloody Mummer. He is a literal fool, after all. What really gets his riled up is people who don't find him funny, which is easy as he has a REALLY dark sense of humor. None of the other clowns or jokesters like said humor, not even the Joker. Less because of moral standards, it's just that he feels horrific crimes should have a certain flair about it. And he generally finds rape hard to make Laughably Evil and doesn't care for sexuality all that much. Murder is funnier in his eyes.
• Their leader is Vargo Hoat, also known as Goat. He's from the the City of Sorcerors Qohor, who's religion involves blood worship of a black goat. Combined with the zorse he rides, the giant goatee and the Speech Impediment he has from a swollen lip, this makes him a bizarre mix of Ax-Crazy and Laughably Evil(not helped by being outwitted). He has a strange appreciation for the House of Beasts and Fauna, due to its huge variety of animals. It should still be noted that he's more cunning than he looks, since you'd have to be to be in charge of the Brave Companions.
• Vargo Hoat is known as the Crippler, because he is fond of chopping off people's arms and legs. He cut off Jaime's hand (it was Locke in the show) to give a message. It certainly did for Tywin, as it's one of the factors for why Tywin would send Gregor Clegane after him. Him and Dr Trager got along because they love to cut off body parts and are totally deranged. The Goat of Harrenhall is considering whether chopping off limbs or toes/fingers one at a time would work better for him.
  • Wanted to cut off Piccolo's arms because they can grow back, and he can do it again. Piccolo immediately disintegrated him before he had the chance.
• Absolutely terrified of Gregor Clegane, even more than what's normal. This is because when he was found delirious from ear infection, the Mountain amused himself by chopping off his own limbs and feeding them to him as "roast goat". Vargo deserved it, but the sadism behind it was so elaborate and prolonged people are more inclined to be further disgusted by the Mountain rather than root for him. Vargo Hoat despises the House of Flesh Eaters because of this experience.
• When Vargo Hoat died, Rorge took the reins. Unlike Hoat, Rorge didn't even bother with the vague pretense of being an organized group and decided to commit atrocities in the Saltpens For the Evulz while impersonating the Hound. He's not just a rapist, but a child rapist and despises women. He's one of the most depraved people in all Westeros, which is almost impressive considering the Brave Companions are one of, if not the most depraved groups in their own setting. It's no exaggeration to say that he's opposed by anyone with an X chromosome, especially little girls.
• Rorge is among the most despised of an already despised sellsword company, but unfortunately there are a couple gods who get along with him-Champ of Wild Hunt, and Ethan Roark Junior. This is entirely down to being pedophile rapists. Especially with the Yellow Bastard, who has issues with impotency that set Rorge off and take nightmarish pleasure in the rape and murder of girls. John Hartigan and Marv are utterly horrified at this alliance.
• Rorge's faithful companion is a man only known as Biter. While the rest of the Brave Companions are violent sociopathics, Biter is genuinely insane. Rorge raised him as a feral dog, filed his teeth and cut out his tongue. He thinks he's an attack dog, which disturbs the House of Canines. He also likes to eat people. This childish cannibalism led him to get along with Gluttony. He also feels kinship with Piggsy as they're both cannibals driven to utter insanity.
• Utt was once a septon, but got kicked out because he molests little boys and kills them afterwards. Given he feels bad after doing it means he does at least have a sliver of empathy, but since he keeps doing it it doesn't mean much. Either way, he's not allowed in the House of Religion and Faith. Even Garterbelt has nothing good to say about him. Chris Hansen is targeting both him and Rorge for their pedophilia.
• Given they're psychotic mercenaries, it's not surprising that they get along with Gauron, and Cioccolata prefers working for them because they're a criminal group that lets him fulfill his sadistic tendencies. As leader of his own Carnival of Killers and being just as depraved of them, Wyald likes them as well.

Manny Pardo

Manny Pardo, God of Murderous Cops (The Cop, The Detective, The Miami Mutilator)

• Demigod
• Symbol: His magnum and badge; alternatively, the Phantom's Head
• Theme Song: Guided Meditation
• Alignment: Lawful Neutral on the surface, really a mix between Chaotic Neutral & Neutral Evil
• Portfolio: Hard Boiled Detective, Badass Normal, Emphasis on gunplay in his levels, Cowboy Cop revealed to be Killer Cop, Glory Hound, Serial Killer, Attention Whore, Villain Protagonist, Name Ripped from the Headlines, Wild Card, "I was born with thick skin", Pride, The Paranoiac, Died via nuke
• Domains: Detectives, Investigation, Attention, Sociopathy, Murder
• Allies: None. He's that paranoid and untrustworthy.
• Rivals: Other Serial Killers and Gunslingers
• Enemies: The Fans, The Son, Naoto Shirogane, Kyoko Kirigiri, Chie Satonaka, Makoto Niijima, Goro Akechi, Big Band, CJ, Big Smoke
• Envies: Jacket
• Distrusted by: The House of Crime and Transgressions and Law and Justice (the former especially)
• Avoids: Living dummies, Deities associated with nuclear weaponry
• In the Pantheon there's always something going on. From the Pantheonic Wars to the general drama between its denizens, there's a lot to cover. Overshadowed by the absurd escapades are a spree of Mook killings which progressively get more gruesome, often with messages in bloody writing from the killer themselves talking about how a third party had forced them. One comment by a jaded if a bit arrogant detective noted the killings are "a hopeless cry for attention in a place that's weird as it can get". It wasn't until a victim was found completely eviscerated in a closed cell within the House of Law and Justice that the authorities decided to take action. Members from the House of Slaughter claim responsibility which convinced some, but investigations continued. More followed soon after, one mutilation in the House of Food and another in the House of Travel, both within rooms that aren't broken into. The traits of the killer are as follows: Someone who craves attention and who is capable of tricking people into letting them in.
  • Looking over the facts, Kyoko Kirigiri connected it to the arrogant detective from before, who was suspiciously very interested in the mutilations. When looking over his history, this same detective was also notable for incompetency and misconduct along with gunning down gangsters occasionally. After bringing it up, authorities decided to try and track down this detective who was in the House of Crime and Transgressions, appearing to have been trying to hide. A shootout between the detective and the authorities would of followed soon after had not the Court of Gods intervened and decided to ascend the detective, for his actions a serial killer cop in here and back in '90s Miami. Manny Pardo aka the Miami Mutilator has ascended to the Pantheon.
    • Pardo revealed that he came to the Pantheon not long after the events that took place in Miami, which ended with his death via nuking after barricading his own home in fear of being found out by the police. After that, he simply blended in with the Pantheon's police force and laid low until now. The killings were done for attention, but while his crimes went unnoticed in Miami he got his wish within the Pantheon through deification.
• Pardo's in a bit of a weird spot due to his deification: As a Killer Cop, he has a place within the House of Justice and the House of Crime. Much of the former's denizens really don't like him, considering him a disgrace to the badge but aren't willing to act unless he actually starts trouble. The latter doesn't consider him trustworthy either, since they know he's perfectly willing to off them if it means more fame and doesn't seem to be that type of corrupt officer. That said, Pardo sticks with gunning down criminals out of some paranoia of the more powerful deities here, as much as he doesn't show it.
  • Robocop and Commissioner Gordon have worked alongside him on occasion, though both men have little good to say about him. At the very least, that reputation of incompetency can disappear if given the chance, like storming into a hideout. But of course, Judge Dredd really doesn't like him. The fact that Pardo, of all people, has a place here really didn't sit well for the Judge.
    "Not my fault you take so long to do your jobs. The Pantheon's just like Miami at the end of the day, so you have to act fast."
  • Kirigiri, Chie, and Naoto outright voice their enmity towards the Detective with the latter being reminded of Adachi's actions (Adachi himself doesn't pay the Mutilator any mind, though). Pardo isn't exactly fond of the Former Ultimate Detective either considering he ruined his plots prior to ascension and considers Chie and Naoto a nuisance.
    "I'm not your receptionist. If you have a problem, take it to the Protectors of Justice or the Court of Gods. It saves us both the trouble. Now get out of my face."
  • That said, he watches his tongue around Makoto Niijima and Goro Akechi since both are perfectly capable of dealing with him through the Metaverse whether it's a Change of Heart or a Mental Shutdown. He just needs to divert the heat off of him somehow. Shouldn't be too hard, there's a lot of opportunities in this place. All he has to do is let them meet with some vile deity out here and watch from there.
  • Considering Big Band almost got wasted by corrupt cops, he has nothing good to say about him either, though Manny clarified that at least he's more likely to gun down criminals than work with them. There was some indication he wanted to do something about the return of The Mafia had the Son not get high off his own product and destroy his gang and then himself. He'd sooner drop dead than be some thug's confidant.
  • As someone who's all to familiar with corrupt cops given his experience with C.R.A.S.H., CJ has no sympathies for Pardo, and will not hesitate to cap him should he get the chance. The Detective just sees him as another punk, and ignores him should he stay out of his way.
• Why commit those murders for attention? Well, besides that it stems of envy from the Masked Killings or being cohered into doing so by "them", there really isn't a shown motive as to why. For context, Richard, an entity that's shown to be very analytical of any situation he's presented with, doesn't know why he did what he did. Manny has no intention of revealing anything. If it keeps a spotlight on him, he is under no obligation to put this mystery to bed.
  • And speaking of "them", he avoids the Nestene Consciousness like the plague as well as any other dummy in the Pantheon. Doesn't matter who they are, he stays away. Similarly, he avoids those associated with nuclear weaponry, or things similar to that. Though he's not necessarily a target that could warrant such wrath.
• Has a dim view on those who'd crave attention at all costs as Tony found out the hard way, being gunned down despite surrendering. Pretty rich coming from a guy who desperately wanted for his case to be newsworthy, which everyone brings up a lot, and it doesn't help he sometimes badgers the members of the House of Investigative Work to write about him. But don't expect him to admit to those flaws anytime soon. He's not on good terms with Big Smoke because of this, having fell to his own ambitions back in San Andreas.
  "It's no surprise that's what happens to thugs like you. You never learn…"
  • Regarding those individuals imitating him and his Attention Whore tendencies, though, he pays them no mind. Not even their insistence that he's still out to "catch" the Miami Mutilator. Some even go as far to say that all of the events back in his world went something like this. Aside from that reminder of him being nuked, he took it pretty well.
• "Been a stressful day. You wouldn't believe what they have me doing..."

Quasideities

John Doe

John Doe, God of Themed Serial Killers

• Quasideity
• Symbol: A series of scars that spell "SIN"
• Theme Song: Closer (Precursor), John Doe
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil (thinks he's Lawful Neutral)
• Portfolio: Ax-Crazy Serial Killer Themed Around The Seven Deadly Sins, The Spook, Charming Facade, Motive Rant, Sadist (Claims He's Cleansing The World Of Sin), Small Name, Big Ego, The Sociopath, No Distinguishing Features, Thinks He's Righteous, Insane Troll Logic, Suicide by Cop, Successfully Ruins the Life of the Detective who Caught Him, Ultimately As Vile As He Sees The World As, Hypocrite
• Domains: Murder, Misanthropy, Sins, Symbolism, Envy
• Followers: Calendar Man, The Ice Truck Killer
• Interested in: YHVH
• Respects: Ra's Al Ghul, Lysandre, Qin Shi Huang, Nerose Satanel, Cyrus
• Allies: Light Yagami, Teru Mikami, Fused Zamasu, Shinobu Sensui, Sir Isaac Westcott
• On good terms with: Scott Shelby
• Rivals: Night Raid (only in his mind), Jack the Ripper, Hannibal Lecter, The Jigsaw Killer
• Enemies: The House of Law and Justice, every demon in the pantheon (especially Azmodan), Father and the Homunculi, the titular Seven Deadly Sins, The Seven Mortal Sins, The Phantom Thieves, almost the entirely of the Houses of Law and Justice and Religion and Faith, Dexter Morgan, all his rivals asides from Ra's and Jigsaw, potentially anyone who he finds guilty of one of the Seven Deadly Sins (see below), the Halls of Lustful Acts, Lustful Behavior and Pride and Egotism on principle, Squidward Tentacles, Yuuki Terumi Junko Enoshima (for clearly showing multiple sins)
  • Main targets for "sins": Manny Padro (Envy), Willy Wonka (Gluttony) Scrooge McDuck (Greed), Panty Anarchy (Lust), Hannibal Lecter (Pride), Bruce Wayne/Batman (Sloth), Frank Castle/the Punisher (Wrath), Ren Amamiya/Joker (Vanity), himself (Despair)
  • Other targets for "sins": Robert Baratheon, Stocking Anarchy, Birdie, Majin Buu, Fat Buu, Ed, Edd and Eddy (Gluttony), Kano, Joffrey Baratheon, Cersei Lannister, Eugene Krabs, Larfleeze, Stanley "Stan" Pines, The Bonanza Bros., Wario (Greed), Mad Moxxi, Charlie Harper, Issei Hyodo, Jiraiya, Dick Grayson, Caligula, Renly Baratheon, Morrigan and Lilith Aensland (Lust), Johnny Cage, Cassie Cage, Tony Stark, Vega, Asuka Soryu, Sasuke Uchiha, Gilgamesh (Pride), Shikamaru Nara, Boruto Uzumaki, Cody Travers (Sloth), Hanzo Hasashi, Noob Sabiot, Asura, Naofumi Iwatani, Guts, The Doom Slayer (Wrath)
• John Doe (actual name unknown) is a deeply cynical man. A sadist and misanthrope with big leaps in logic and a religious bent, he is a Serial Killer with a fixation on the Seven Deadly Sins. Already at five victims/sins, he killed Detective David Mills' wife for the final murders-turning Mills into Wrath, and being the victim as Envy.
• A John Doe by choice, no-one knows where he came from. He went so far as to remove teeth and fingerprints so he couldn't be identified, and looks like everyone else. Well, he does look like one version of Lex Luthor, though he has more hair. According to the comic adaptation he had an abusive mother who forced her fundamentalist Christian views on him and beat him for showing any lust. He's thinking he might compare notes with Norman Bates over their childhood.
• Fixated on those he considers sinful, usually killing them in a matter befitting of it. He claims that they're asshole victims and he is cleansing the world of sin. His sheer sadism and Insane Troll Logic instead show that he's simply a misanthropic sadist, and the House of Justice doesn't see him as anything else nor do they consider any of his victims deserving it(though Greed and Sloth were nasty people). The House of Faith don't like his twisted religious views he uses to justify his actions.
• Because of his decidedly vengeful views he thinks that YHVH is the God he worships. YHVH thinks he's a wretch and not worth His time. The Seven Heavenly Virtues were flat-out disgusted by his sadism despite the fact he holds them in high regard for embodying the Seven Heavenly Virtues. Really, the only god that agrees with John Doe is Zamasu. Fully convinced that all mortals are evil, he believes that John Doe is a disciple who realizes this and brings out justice humans deserve by their own nature. It helps that John Doe did "clean up" by committing Suicide by Cop.
• As he's a Knight Templar, John Doe doesn't care for most of the pantheon's serial killers for either being "selfish", "narcissistic" or a Card-Carrying Villain. But his true sadistic side dislikes them because he perceives them as competition. He notes Jack the Ripper as "being a pervert" while claiming to be more important a Serial Killer than him. He finds Hannibal Lecter rather cocky, while Hannibal regards him as crass. John Doe also tried to compare himself to Dexter Morgan since they get rid of "scum", while Dexter wants to kill John Doe.
• He does have a respect for one of his rivals, that being John Kramer or the Jigsaw Killer. They are both self-righteous murderers with a focus on exposing faults in people. At least that's what Doe thinks, but they're Not So Similar; Jigsaw believes in improving people's lives through his death traps, Doe believes in cleansing society by killing sinners. Kramer would rather Doe not pester him about comparing notes, but Doe still appreciates the work he puts into his plans.
• The only Serial Killer John Doe puts his full support towards is Light Yagami or Kira, since much like John Doe he judges the wicked. Doe thinks some of the kills should be more creative, but a simple heart attack usually gets the point across. Siding with him might help improve the world as much as John Doe thinks it can, but puts a provision that he doesn't care for Light Yagami's god complex as to him, there's only one God and He isn't Japanese. Light appreciates the support, but feels he's often too zealous. Teru Mikami is far more passionate and the fact he persecutes even minor faults like laziness appeals to the wrathful John Doe. Also, while they don't work together because of differing views regarding sin, he likes Scott Shelby for being a tragic Poetic Serial Killer who targets children to find the one father that'd be willing to save his son.
• Like how the Night Raid dole out punishment to total scum, though they regard him as no better than said scum and want no endorsement from him. He also seems interested in how the Phantom Thieves went after those who represented the Seven Deadly Sins, but believe that they're soft and should kill their victims. They don't want any endorsement from him either as the Hate Sinks they deal with should face punishment in life. John Doe has argued that they're effectively killing them by forcing their personalities to change and in some cases could be seen as a Fate Worse than Death, so he's more moral by killing his victims. They immediately pointed out the Sloth victim and said he's full of shit.
• Likes to dwell in the House of Hatred and Rancor due to his rampant misanthropy and hatred for humanity and society's "sinfulness". Likes to talk about the evils of man with Shinobu Sensui. Fitting his low view on mankind, John Doe condones Ra's Al Ghul and Lysandre's plans of mass genocide in order to make the world more beautiful. He also expressed approval of Cyrus's beliefs on The Evils of Free Will and his desire to create a new world without it, because a world without spirit is a world without sin according to Doe. Doe also considers Angra Mainyu validation for his misanthropy since he was made the scapegoat for all the world's evil instead of confronting it. But for the same reason, he'd rather stay far away from him. More positively he respects Qin Shi Huang and Nerose Satanel for trying to create a world free of sin, through extreme measures like enforcing illiteracy and lack of education to permit it, and making people incapable of sinning. They prefer not responding since Doe is a psychopath who's using other's sins as an excuse to commit serious sins of his own
• Naturally, John Doe has nothing but contempt for demons for virtue of his religious teachings. Some of these demons are nice enough they find him despicable, even if sinister. He really hates Azmodan for being the pantheon's god of the Seven Deadly Sins, but it's one-sided and Azmodan finds his work intriguing, even if he has a case of Small Name, Big Ego. Really hates the Seven Mortal Sins for being demons who represent said sins. Also, the Seven Homunculi, who's Death by Irony and/or Karmic Death was something he appreciated. And those from The Seven Deadly Sins, who he considered for his next wave of serial killing but even he thought it was too obvious.
• Critiqued as a major hypocrite for killing Tracy, who had nothing to do with the seven deadly sins and breaking his own theme. John Doe doesn't see himself as such, stating "I killed her to motivate Mills so he would become Wrath. Therefore she was related to the sin by making Mills Wrath".
• Upon his rebirth into the pantheon, John Doe decided that he gets a free pass to repeat his murders on pantheon members, who by his own twisted sense of logic he finds guilty of a particular sin. And how depends on said sin. He decided to add the two classic sins of vanity and despair to beat his record. Also has some generic targets once he's done with his "main" victims, showing he's only trying to find excuses to be Ax-Crazy. He doesn't have the details on how yet. Pretty much anyone in the lust sub-houses is on his list, as is anyone in the Pride sub-house.
  • Envy: Manny Pardo. Reasoning? He wanted attention for his secret killings as the Miami Mutilator but was incensed by being overshadowed by the trial of Jacket, anti-Russian protests and re-emergence of The Mafiya. Also, Doe liked choosing another Serial Killer for envy this time around. Death planned? Force him to be an accomplice and make him suffer in his shadow, before killing him.
  • Gluttony: Willy Wonka. Reasoning? Because his candy shop promotes gluttony in youth. Death planned? Drown him in his own chocolate river.
  • Greed: Scrooge McDuck. Reasoning? Obviously he's greedy, he's absurdly rich. Death planned? Roast him in molten gold, or just crush him under the weight of gold.
  • Lust: Panty Anarchy. Reasoning? Again obvious, she's a Lovable Sex Maniac. Death planned? Force Brief to rape her at gunpoint with the bladed strap-on he used on a Disposable Sex Worker. If he'd rather die than do so, John Doe will just find another. Don't bother pointing out the hypocrisy.
  • Pride: Hannibal Lecter. Reasoning? Claims that he's cocky about being able to Hannibal Lecture anyone, reality is that Lecter snubbed him as crass. Death planned? Force him to eat his own liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
  • Sloth: Bruce Wayne. Reasoning? John Doe thinks his Thou Shalt Not Kill view is lazy as Batman's rogues gallery are able to return and cause havoc because of it. Chief example being the Joker. Death planned? A Fate Worse than Death like the last guy; Get the Joker to murder the Bat-family in front of him while being Forced to Watch, and get the right amount of Joker Toxin to destroy his mind while also still surviving. This got a laugh out of The Batman Who Laughs.
  • Wrath: Frank Castle. Reasoning? His Roaring Rampage of Revenge against crime. Death planned? Shoot him until he's dead, preferably as quickly as possible. John Doe likes his work and wants to "reward" him with a quick death.
  • Vanity and Despair: Ren Amamiya and himself. Reasoning? Ren and the Phantom Thieves "vanity" in thinking they can change society and the personality of their targets through Heel–Face Brainwashing. He has lost any hope that humanity has any value. Death planned? The same way he ended his first life-Get Ren to kill him by making him kill his Shadow in the Metaverse.
• As Yuuki Terumi manages to show all the Seven Deadly Sins in fine order while also being a Satanic Archetype with zero redeeming values, he is high on those John Doe wants to kill. While John Doe wants to be A Lighter Shade of Black and claim it's for the sake of standards, but in reality its an Evil Versus Evil situation between a Knight Templar and Card-Carrying Villain who both consider humanity dirty. Terumi trolled Doe by pointing out how he represents many of the sins besides the original envy-Pride in believing he's righteous despite his atrocious actions, Wrath in his contempt for others and Despair in having no hope for human goodness. As much of a bastard that Terumi is, it's hard to say he's wrong in his critique.
• He also has targets he finds guilty of multiple sins. He finds Squidward guilty of vanity for being a Small Name, Big Ego artist, wrath for his contempt towards the happy Spongebob and envy for resenting his place in life and views on Squilliam. John Doe has declared Junko to represent both despair and lust in her fetish for the former, but has yet to find a way for her not to enjoy her death.

Mark Lewis

Mark Lewis, God of the Murderer P.O.V.

• Quasideity
• Symbol: An eye looking out through a camera lens
• Alignment: Reluctantly Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Murderer P.O.V., Sympathetic Murderer, Reluctant Psycho, Camera Fiend, used as a test subject by his father, Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
• Domains: Murder, Insanity, Sadness, Love, Film
• Allies: Norman Bates, Yoshikage Kira, Richter Berg, Frasier Crane
• Enemies: Rev. Harry Powell, Lisbeth Salander
• Unknown Rival: Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees
• At first glance, Mark Lewis was just an innocuous and timid young man who worked as a photographer and cameraman. As his downstairs neighbor, Helen, pursued a relationship with him, Mark revealed his traumatic childhood by showing her the home movies made by his father, a psychologist who experimented on Mark in order to study the emotion of fear, which included filming rather private moments and recording every sound. This made Mark into a sick person with a penchant for voyeurism; at his worst, he's a serial killer who films his victims, wishing to capture the fear in their faces as the knife hidden in the tripod is driven into them. That said, these sinister inclinations are urges he can't control and he feels no joy in his deeds. His growing affection for Helen also made him afraid that she might fall prey to him eventually, so when she finally discovered the truth about Mark and the police were coming for him, he decided to put an end to it all by killing himself with his weapon of murder.
• Mark was selected to join the Pantheon on the strength of him being the villain that served as a precursor to those that shaped the Slasher Movie into what it is today. Mark mostly feels confused and a little dismayed that he's being celebrated for his evil, and unlike so many other horror villains who also got ascended, he remains discreet in his murderous activities, only pursuing them when that insidious itch inside him overcomes his better judgment. The more benign and artistic part of him can't deny that he's filled with curiosity at a place as fantastical as the Pantheon, though.
• Mark has a very different demeanor from the more famous slasher villains that came after him, such as Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees. Unlike them, he's unwilling to fully embrace the monster inside of him and keeps hanging on, with all his strength, to a productive life within civilized society. In fact, one could say he is the opposite of Michael Myers, who was absolutely vile even in his childhood and has no known justification for wanting to commit the crimes he does. Jason Voorhees, while every bit as dangerous as Michael, does have some extenuating circumstances to his name, since he was bullied as a child, saw his mother killed and never had the greatest intellect. Neither is very interested in paying respects to their precursor, looking at him as a rival instead, as they tend to do with any similar villain. Mark himself does his best not to engage them (although he feels some sympathy for Jason), partly because he knows he'd be lousy in a serious fight, especially against them. It's also bad enough that a lot of deities have him under scrutiny without associating himself in any way with those two.
• A killer like him is going to have his criminal record be easily accessible in the Pantheon, whether he likes it or not, and because of that and his reluctance to associate with other killers, he has a hard time finding true allies. Nonetheless, he did find one in Norman Bates, on an occasion when Mark stayed at the Bates Motel for work reasons. The two were drawn to each other for their similar awkward personalities and had some amiable conversations in which Mark discovered Norman had a very similar background to him, having also been abused by his mother. Later that night, Mark felt the urge to procure a victim and brought her to the Bates Motel, whereupon he was found out by Norman, but instead of getting reported, Norman helped him dispose of the body, confessing he engaged in similar "hobbies" and he understood how Mark felt about them, given he harbors similar thoughts. Afterwards, the two could be considered best friends and often help each other in their killings when their urges strike them.
• Yoshikage Kira extended him his sympathies for being a killer who does not wish to draw attention to himself and wants to live in normal society, a sentiment which Mark did welcome, as guarded as he is when he meets a fellow killer. When Yoshikage offered to support Mark in his activities, in exchange for Mark letting him have the victims' hands, Mark proposed instead that he do the killing himself while Yoshikage just use his alien (to him) method of murder to dispose of the bodies, as there can't be much fear to capture with his camera if the victim doesn't even know what's happening. Yoshikage finds that fair.
• His victims are all women, particularly prostitutes as they are easy to gain access to and talk into going to a secluded place. His preference led to him being approached by the Reverend Harry Powell, who commended the younger man for doing his part in ridding the world of such creatures of sin, as he likes to put it, and asked him to join his holy crusade, saying the two of them together would be of more use to God than operating separately. Mark declined, saying he didn't at all think that women he killed deserved it or that he shared Powell's view, adding that the truth is that both of them are just sick people in need of help or who needed to be stopped. Powell voiced his extreme disappointment that a promising youth had failed to see the light, and then tried to kill him, believing it would help put him on the righteous path somehow. Mark managed to escape the fight ensued, though Powell yelled after him that he would not give up in trying to convert him to his noble cause.
• Despite everything, he (mystifyingly, in some's opinion) still enjoys some popularity among the Pantheon's female population, likely due to his status as a woobie, as well as his shyness and awkwardness, and being somewhat on the handsome side. This is far from a universal reaction though, as Mark is still a dangerous serial killer. For his part, Mark doesn't show interest in attempting to pursue any other romantic relationship, though, not after what almost happened with the one woman he fell in love with. Incidentally, when Mark was told Helen would probably love to be his Herald and know he's safe and sound, he had a burst of emotion and was vehemently averse to the idea, saying that he didn't want to risk capturing her with his camera and harming her ever again.
• The vigilante hacker Lisbeth Salander keeps Mark under constant surveillance, as she does with every killer of women that gets ascended. Lisbeth is the ruthless sort of person who does not put much stock in sympathetic tragic backgrounds, and she claims that Mark is no exception, especially as he did try to seek help for his condition, only to give up immediately when he found out the process would take very long, so Lisbeth has her doubts that his conscience bothers him as much as he claims. That said, even she seems to go easier on him than other killers when it comes to punishing him. When this was pointed out to her, she answered that people were imagining things, although some speculate that, with his shy, mild-mannered and remorseful attitude, perhaps she pities him too much to give him the full Salander treatment after all.
• Good news is, Mark is picking up where he left off in a way, by seeking help for his condition, a prospect that seems more appealing to him now that, as a deity, he has nothing but time on his hands and stands to lose next to nothing. That said, he also has to take extra care with his choice, as certain therapists are as or even more unhinged than he is. The most brilliant of the psychologists in the Pantheon is probably Hannibal Lecter, but he is also every bit a cannibalistic psycho many times worse than Mark could ever be, so it would be quite foolish to seek his council; Mark fears he might become more comfortable with his evil side thanks to him, or something similar. He's figured out that his best bet probably lies in Frasier Crane, and the God of Shrinks is indeed very interested in the killer who doesn't want to be a killer. That said, he's also very hung on Freudian theory, making Mark uncomfortable that he tries to connect his fixations to his mother, whom he admittedly feels complicated about.
• Richter Berg is an example of a killer who was forced into that activity by outside instead of internal forces, but he still finds himself having some sympathy for Mark, since it's so obvious that Mark wishes things weren't the way they are. Mark, for his part, thinks that perhaps being forced to kill by an outside force might rid him of some of the weight on his conscience, but then again, wanting to shirk responsibility for murder is an ugly thought to have. At any rate, he does think Richter's situation is quite tragic as he did the things he did to protect his mom, which makes Mark recall his own mother and how she died when she was very young, with his grief being recorded and trivialized by his father for the sake of scientific research.
• "Whatever I photograph, I always lose."

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