Archetype:Anti-God

"I howl through many mouths. I break with many hands. They are themselves, but they are also me. I have all the power you give me and my weapon is hate."

― The One-Below-All (Marvel Comics)

"In my dream, the world had suffered a terrible disaster. A black haze shut out the sun, and the darkness was alive with the moans and screams of wounded people. Suddenly, a small light glowed. A candle flickered into life, symbol of hope for millions. A single tiny candle, shining in the ugly dark. I laughed and blew it out."

― Joker (DC Comics)

"Violent passion, for a fraudulent god who gave a vicious curse."

― The Enigma TNG - God Complex

"He's like the devil, isn't he?"
"No, he's worse."

― Jake Chambers and Roland Deschain (The Dark Tower)

"You cannot save yourself from me. I am as inevitable as destiny."

― Unicron (Transformers)

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of the Anti-God. Variation of Transcendent Physiology. Form/Expression of Omnipotence. Ultimate version of Evil and Malevolent Deity. Opposite of Monotheistic Deity.

Also Called

The Anti-God
Dark/Anti Supreme Being
The Dark Side of God
The Evil of God
Primordial Deity/God/Goddess of Evil, Chaos, Death, Destruction, Horrors, Darkness, The Abyss, The Void and The Apocalypse
Primordial Evil/Void
Primordial/Original/True Anti-God
The Shadow of God/Yahweh
The Supreme/Primordial/Great Darkness
Supreme Chaos/Dark/Evil God
Ultimate/Supreme Annihilator/ Degenerator/ Destroyer/ Evil/ Malevolence

Properties

As an archetype, the Anti-God represents the counterpart and/or sometimes the dark aspects of The Supreme Being. They are considered the essence of all evil, darkness, and chaos in all of existence. As the ultimate destroyer, they are ranked among the most powerful beings.

Anti-gods are beings of unlimited power giving them the ability to destroy entire universes; in some cases even compared to the supreme creator, a clash between them could cause the multiverse to be destroyed and recreated. Anti-Gods represent and are the prime originators of all that counters creation, giving it absolute domain over dark powers.

Universal Differences

Anti-gods are vital to the balance of the cosmos as they represent the other side of the coin in the perpetual conflict between good and evil.
As there is only one Supreme God, there can only be one Anti-God.
- Although due to inconsistency of fiction and the fact there isn't a clear hierarchy of the most powerful beings, there can be multiple candidates for Anti-God and this status would move between them in every specific story and case.
Some are not villains but destructive aspects or forces vital that are charged to bring the universe to an end.
The Anti-God is not to be confused for a demon but is the originator of all dark forces and everything related to it.
Though they existed before the universe itself their origin can be originated from 3 sources:
- They may be split or purged aspects of God's dark attributes (ex. Tathamet from Diablo).
- Twin or counter aspects of God (ex. Angra Mainyu from Zoroastrianism).
- Primordial form of existence which existed before creation (ex. The Great Darkness from DC Comics).
Whereas God plays the role of "Creator", the Anti-God plays the role of "Destroyer".

Applications (General)

Omnipotence/Nigh-Omnipotence/Indeterminacy - Almighty/Near-Almighty/Inscrutable Power
Omnipresence/Nigh-Omnipresence/Singular Reality Existence - Everpresent/Near-Everpresent/Utterly Individual
Omniscience/Nigh-Omniscience/Omninescience - All Knowing/Near-All Knowing/Truly Ignorant

Applications (Detail)

All Absolute Powers
All Almighty Powers
All Apocalyptic Powers
All Chaotic Powers
All Dark Powers
All Death Powers
All Demonic Powers
All Destructive Powers
All Divine Powers
All Evil Powers
All Holy Powers
All Horror Powers
All Meta Powers
All Omni powers
All Primordial Powers
All Spiritual Powers
All Supernatural Powers
All Transcendent Powers
All Void Powers
0th Dimension/Pan-Dimensional/Beyond-Dimensional Entity Physiology - Easily able to find occupancy from the infinite dimensional planes.
Absolute Death Manipulation - Anti-gods can make any death they choose permanent with no chance of resurrection or reincarnation.
Absolute Destruction - Can destroy anything and everything without a thought.
Absolute Erasure - Anti-gods can deplete anything and everything they focus upon, even without actually concentrating on it.
Absolute Invincibility - As the dark counterpart to the Supreme Being, they are completely and utterly impossible to defeat.
Absolute Spirituality - The user has an omnipotent spiritual nature just like the Supreme Being.
Absolute Transcendence - The user is far beyond any and all limitations that apply to them and is fully independent of them
Apocalyptic Force Manipulation - The Anti-God is the true source of the final force that cause all of existence to end. By killing the Supreme Being. If the Anti-God dies so does the Supreme Being, making it all things come to an end.
Autopotence - The user can control their own existence, as well as everyone and everything's existence, without any limit.
- Causa Sui Physiology - As the dark counterpart to the Supreme Being, the user can self-create one's own being.
- Gender Transcendence - As the dark counterpart to the Supreme Being of Creation they transcend the notion of genders.
- Non Created Physiology - As the dark counterpart to the Supreme Being, users didn't just merely create themselves into existence because they were always there.
- Relative Appearance Alteration - As the dark counterpart to the Supreme Being, user can alter their form to conform to another's perception of what one would look like according to their personal ideology.
Complete Arsenal - The user possesses every type of power and ability there is.
Conceptual Self-Removal - Able to erase and reformulate itself on a whim.
Cosmic Destroyer: be a being that can cause the destruction of all on a cosmic scale.
Cosmic Otherness - Anti-gods are completely distinct and foreign from everything as they are not part of the supreme being's design.
- Omnilock - The Anti-God, like the Supreme being, are outside of everything.
Dark/Demonic/Greater/Supreme Divinity - Anti-gods possess divine powers of dark and demonic nature and origin on an absolute level and tends to be the source of them.
Darkness Derivation - Whereas the Supreme Being embodies the light side, The Anti-God embodies the dark side of existence.
Destruction Embodiment - The user is a physical manifestation or personification of destruction.
- Destructive Source - To simply put, the user is the ultimate source of destruction.
Demonic Force Manipulation
Domination Deity Physiology
- Absolute Domination
Duality Embodiment - As the twin to its light self, the Anti-God can embody both the myriad diversity proponents of the broadband spectrum.
Eldritch Physiology - Being incredibly primeval beings their true forms can and often are incomprehensible to understand.
Flawless Indestructibility (Varies) - An Anti-God has no weaknesses.
Form Transcendence - Being a shapeless entity, they have no true face so to speak and therefore can act through most any proxy they wish.
- Formlessness - The Anti-God lacks a semblance of their own and can be anything, anywhere or anyone desired.
Khaos - They are sometimes the primordial void or and chaotic force that existed before all that there was, even sometimes existing before the The Almighty God did. (Varies)
Life and Death Transcendence - The user is beyond concepts of life and death.
- Absolute Immortality - The user has total, absolute immortality.
Master of All
Nonexistent Realm Creation - Anti-divine beings tend to occupy realms of pure void outside all Creation.
Negative Forces Manipulation - Representing All forms of Negativity in all of existence.
Oblivion Embodiment - Being the canvas from which all destruction and nonexistence stems from, the primal void is where all things return to.
Omni Corruption Inducement - They're very existence breeds ultimate taint and befoulment.
Omni-Cycle Manipulation - Able to deliberate the endless/infinite series of ongoings and finalities.
Omnislayer - Being the ultimate destroyer whom can eviscerate anything.
Omni-Manipulation - The user can control everything on the inside and outside the omniverse.
Opposites Embodiment - Depending on the nature of its counterpart, the Anti-God can be either malevolent or benevolent possibly even neutral.
- Omnimalevolence - Often being depicted as the supreme deity of all evil.
- Morality Transcendence - Being as powerful as the Supreme being, the Anti-God is Beyond Good and Evil.
Origin Manipulation - As an all-powerful entity older than conceptual meaning, the Anti-God sits at the beginning of all.
- Eternal Existence- The Anti-God has no real beginning nor end much less a creator. They came to be on their own accord.
- Primordial Entity Physiology - Stands to be a dark primordial entity that has existed before the beginning of time.
- Self Origin Manipulation - Able to write and re-write its own dawning into being by nothing but it's own doctrine.
Primordial Darkness Manipulation - Personifying the primal darkness that preceded the light.
Primordial/Transcendent Demon Physiology - Many Anti-gods stand to be an ancient demonic entity older than the Concept of hell & inferno itself.
- Primordial Chaos Manipulation - Representing the oldest form of anachronic discontent since before eternities beginning.
Primordial Deity - The user may be a deity that is far older than, even to the most ancient Gods.
- Demonic Deity/Transcendent Nephalem Physiology (varies) - Some Anti-gods tend to be both divine & demonic entities.
Primordial Nothingness Manipulation - Anti-gods took up the primal void which long predated existence.
Singularity - The Anti-God is entirely and utterly unique in it's entirety, there are no others like he/she/it in totality.
- Singular Reality Existence - While everywhere and nowhere at the same time the Supreme Void has no doppelgängers of it.

Supreme Deity - The user is a god greater than any other and is unrivaled by any other except the user’s light counterpart.
- Old God - The user is an ancient deity from before time.
- Supreme Divinity - As the dark counterpart to the supreme being, the anti-god has the highest level of divinity.

Unity - As the dark counterpart to the Supreme Being, the Anti-God is one-with-all that is sustaining in the omniverse.
- Totality Embodiment - As the dark counterpart to the Supreme Being, the Anti-God embodies all that is sustaining in the omniverse.
Universal Principle Manipulation - Void beings can govern or portray cosmological precept changing the nature of metaphysical space and time.
- Omega Reality - Often sitting at the ultimate end of all there is at the end of reality

Techniques

Associations/Relationships

Flaws/Weaknesses

The Anti-God may be less powerful than the Supreme Being.
- If Omninescient, the Anti-God may be unable to comprehend the Supreme Being's creation.
  - Alternatively, the Anti-God may be stronger than the Supreme Being, meaning entropy will always prevail in the end.

Example Characters

See Also: The Anti God.

Cartoons/Comics

Decreator (DC Comics)
The Great Darkness/Great Evil Beast (DC Comics)
Oblivion (Marvel Comics)
Anti-Fish (Earthworm Jim)
The One Below All (Marvel Comics)
The Black Mass (Samurai Jack)
Darkar/Shadow Phoenix (Winx Club)

Anime/Manga

Loki (Gokukoku No Brynhildr)
Trihexa 666 (Highschool DXD)

Literature

Lord Foul (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)
Hel (The Circumstances Leading to Waltraute's Marriage)
Chaos (Dragonlance)
Azrael (Discworld)
Shai'tan/Dark One (The Wheel of Time)

Live Television/Movies

Dahak (Hercules/Xena)
Anti-God (Prince of Darkness)
The Darkness (Supernatural)
Unicron (Transformers)
The Mother Of Abominations (Twin Peaks)

Folklore/Mythology

Rex Mundi (Catharism)
Guayota (Guanches Mythology)
Prince of Darkness (Manichaeism)
Angra Mainyu/Ahriman (Zoroastrianism)
Amatsu Mikaboshi (Shinto Mythology)
Apep/Apophis (Egyptian Mythology)

Video Games

The Darkness (Destiny)
Tathamet (Diablo)
Padomay (The Elder Scrolls)
Henir (Elsword)
Virage Embryo (The Legend of Dragoon)
Urgash (Might and Magic)
Vigoor (Ninja Gaiden series)
Nereid (Tales of Eternia)
Angra Mainyu (Valkyrie Crusade)
Omni-Exist (Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer)

Other

Ebon Dragon, the Shadow of All Things (Exalted)
Anti-God (Prince of Darkness/John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness)
The Adversary (World of Darkness)