The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of an apocalyptic beast. Variation of Harbinger.
Also Called[]
- Apocalypse Beast
- Beast of Doom
- Beast of the Apocalypse
- Beast of the End Times
- Bestial Harbinger
- Doomsday Animal/Beast/Creature/Deity/Demon/Entity/Monster
- The Finale Beast
Properties[]
As an archetype, the apocalyptic beast entity; a giant deity, demon, monster, animal, or even a foreign creature appearing in all manners of shapes and forms including human-shaped forms to trick others. All throughout history this being has excited as an evil bringer, an embodiment, a harbinger of great doom, fear, chaos, destruction and death, a raging entity of the end times wherever it goes, leaving nothing in its wake other than total devastation and death.
This type of creature/beast is truly a veritable engine of destruction, trampling over mortals, gods, and anything else that gets in his way, even if it doesn't actually attack at first, the simple fact of this creature's appearance means that things are about to get a whole lot worse for anything living near it, as it is a living omen and bringer of death. If the apocalypse prophesied was not the first time the "Beast of the Apocalypse" attacked and it ravaged the world earlier in its history then the creature itself is/could be considered a natural part of the universe, as it was/may have been truly destined to be bring about the end of times. On the other hand, this type of beast could simply even be a mount for another type of harbinger instead of the direct causer of the apocalypse itself like other types of this extremely dangerous world ending archetype.
Associated Powers[]
- Absolute Death Inducement
- Absolute Violence
- Ancient Power/Ultimate Power (Varies)
- Dark Divinity-Magical Divinity (Greater Divinity or Supreme Divinity)
- Blood Power
- Calamity Embodiment
- Corruption Embodiment (Varies; the user is a corruption itself)
- Cosmic Destroyer
- Curse Embodiment
- Dark Entity
- Dark Lord (varies)
- Dark Power
- Demogorgon
- Demonic Monster Physiology
- Deity Consumption
- Destiny Chosen (varies)
- Divine Murder
- Eldritch Physiology (varies)
- Esoteric Power
- Evil Sorcerer (varies; only if the beast possesses dark magics)
- Harbinger
- Human Disguise (varies)
- Killing Instinct
- Meta Environment Manipulation
- Magic Power
- Monstrous Power
- Mythical Power
- Necro Power
- Negative Embodiment
- Old God/New God (Varies; some may be worshiped)
- Omicron Physiology
- Omni-Slayer
- One-Man Army
- Primordial Beast (Varies)
- Psychic Power
- Supernatural Embodiment
- Supernatural Eye
- Supernatural Roar (varies)
- Supernatural/Absolute Condition/Pinnacle Condition
Associations/Relationships[]
- Antichrist
- Dark Divinity
- Death Deity
- Destroyer Deity
- Divinity
- Four Horsemen
- Harbinger
- The Devil
- Transcendent Physiology
Limitations/Weaknesses[]
Known/Example Characters[]
Also See: Beast of the Apocalypse
Anime/Manga[]
- Kalkin (3×3 Eyes)
- Emperor Ganishka (Berserk)
- Endless (Rave Master)
- Arcadiamon (Digimon)
- Armageddemon (Digimon)
- Huanglongmon: Ruin Mode (Digimon)
- VenomMyotismon (Digimon)
- ZeedMillenniummon (Digimon)
- Hirudagarn (Dragon Ball)
- Trihexa (High School DxD)
- The Ten-Tails (Naruto)
- B-Rabbit (Pandora Hearts)
- Alucard (Rosario + Vampire)
- Sacred Beasts (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)
- Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
- Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
- Uria, Lord of Searing Flames
- Earthbound Immortals (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds)
- Aslla piscu
- Ccapac Apu
- Ccarayhua
- Chacu Challhua
- Cusillu
- Uru
- Wiraqocha Rasca
- Supreme King Dragon Z-Arc (Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V)
Comics[]
- The Old Ones (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Death's son (East of the West)
- Hellboy (Hellboy)
- The Conqueror Worm (Hellboy)
- The Ogdru-Jahad/The Seven Who Are One (Hellboy)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Beast from the Earth (Christianity)
- Beast from the Sea (Christianity)
- Antichrist; a beast in human form.
- Satan (Christianity); As the Dragon
- Apep (Egyptian Mythology)
- Typhon (Greek Mythology)
- Beast of the Last Days (Islamic Mythology)
- Fenrir/Fenris Wolf (Norse Mythology)
- Jormungandr (Norse Mythology)
- Nidhoggr (Norse Mythology)
- Therion (Thelema)
Literature[]
- Godzilla (Godzilla Singular Point Novelization); The Omega point and "IT"
- Lovecraftian Deities (HP Lovecraft)
- Typhon (Riordanverse)
Live Television/Movies[]
- The Beast (Angel TV Series)
- Kandar The Destroyer (Ash vs. Evil Dead)
- The Dark Ones (Ash vs. Evil Dead)
- The Old Ones (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- The Eldritch Terrors (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
- The Cosmic
- The Darkness
- The Endless
- The Perverse
- The Returned
- The Uninvited
- The Void
- The Weird
- The Homunculus (Faust: Love of the Damned)
- The Great Evil (Fifth Element); a supernatural evil planet.
- Gozer, the Gozerian (Ghostbusters, 1984)
- Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
- Godzilla (Godzilla, 1998)
- Hellboy (Hellboy)
- The Ogdru-Jahad/The Seven Who Are One (Hellboy)
- Beast from the Sea (Holocaust 2000)
- Ganmadan (Star Trek: Picard)
- Worldkiller (Supergirl 2015)
Tabletop/Video Games[]
- The Black Beast (BlazBlue)
- Ormagodden (Brütal Legend)
- Lavos (Chrono Trigger)
- Rahu (Custom Robo)
- The Icon of Sin (DOOM Eternal)
- The Elder Evils (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Atropus
- Father Llymic
- Pandorym
- Zargon the Returner
- The Tarrasque (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Dendar the Night Serpent (Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms)
- Alduin, the World-Eater (The Elder Scrolls)
- Satakal, the Yokudan (The Elder Scrolls)
- Bahamut (Final Fantasy XIV)
- The Destroyer (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)
- Omega (Mega Man Zero)
- The Worm (Metroid)
- King Worm
- Fatalis (Monster Hunter)
- King Gallon, the first Darkova (Odin Sphere)
- King Onyx (Odin Sphere)
- Leventhan, the Last Dragon (Odin Sphere)
- The Beast of Darkova (Odin Sphere)
- Rovagug (Pathfinder)
- Rovagug's Spawn (Pathfinder)
- The Beast of the Earth (Sdorica)
- Various deities (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Solaris (Sonic the Hedgehog 2006)
- The Adephagos (Tales of Vesperia)
- Typhon (Titan Quest)
- Angra Mainyu (TYPE-MOON)
- Beast-class Servants (TYPE-MOON)
- The Calamities (TYPE-MOON)
- Primate Murder (TYPE-MOON)
- The Antediluvians (Vampire: The Masquerade)
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