Archetype:Fallen Deity

Fallen Deity
Izanami No Mikoto (Japanese Mythology) was formerly a Goddess of creation until she died giving birth to her child Kagu-tsuchi. When Izanagi went to Yomi to get her back he was met with her now a rotting form of flesh with maggots and foul creatures running over her ravaged body. In fear, Izanagi run away and abandoned his death-ridden wife in Yomi leaving her bitter, heartbroken and wrathful. She would then become The Goddess of Death and Yomi.
The Archetype of:	a fallen deity.

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a fallen deity. Variation of Deity who is Fallen. Not to be confused with Evil Deity or Underworld Deity.

Also Called

• Banished/Fallen/Tarnished God/Goddess
• Corrupted Deity
• Damned/Descended Deity
• Ex/Exiled/Expelled/Ruined Deity/God/Goddess

Properties

As an archetype, fallen deities are gods or goddesses who were either exiled from their position of glory or have left behind their noble status/existence to become a fallen deity. Fallen deities at times are imprisoned beings who consistently suffer their punishment giving to them by a higher power while others fall deliberately and embraces their new vile life, some might become deformed by their dark personality, emotions, action and/or dark powers they have embraced, sometimes minor such as skin color change or other bodily color change like their eyes or blood, or sometimes radical such as mutilation or transformation.

Fallen deities can be found throughout most of recorded history in various forms usually punished by a greater god or divine lord for committing an offense or being betrayed by the rest of the gods of their pantheon.

Associated Powers

• Various Divine Powers
• Various Evil Powers
• Angel Deity and/or Demon Deity (Varies; if the user was an angel but fell to the point of becoming a fallen angel, or fell so far to the point of becoming the opposite of an angel.
• Corruption Empowerment
• Dark Divinity (Greater or Supreme; Varies)
  • Dark Power
  • Deity Soul/Dark Soul or Soullessness
  • Divine Aura/Evil Aura
  • Dark Miracle/Divine Curse
  • Old God/New God-Patron God
• Dark Heart
• Darkside View
• Fallen Physiology
• Heresy Empowerment
• Impossible State Survival
• Malefic Force Manipulation
• Malevorous
• Physical Deformation
• Revenge Empowerment
• Supernatural/Absolute Condition
• Taint Generation
• Torment Inducement
• Treachery Inducement

Relationships

• Anti-God Physiology
• Death Deity Physiology
• Evil Deity Physiology
• Fallen Physiology
  • Transcendent Fallen Angel Physiology
• Hatred Deity Physiology
• Malevolent Deity Physiology
• Underworld Deity Physiology
• Vengeance Deity Physiology

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Deity Consumption/Divine Power Absorption/Divine Power Negation/Divine Power Immunity/Divine Slayer
• Former allies may become enemies.
• Maybe weaker than their former state.
• May or may not be able to gain redemption.
• May lose some of their original powers.
• Weak against Purification.

Known/Example Characters

• Asura (Asura's Wrath)
• Sun Wukong (Chinese Mythology)
• Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (Dark Souls Series)
• The Nameless King (Dark Souls Series)
• Queen Marika (Elden Ring)
• Archdemons (Dragon Age)
• Davoth/Dark Lord (Doom Eternal)
• Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super)
• Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
• Mori Jin/Mori Dan (God of Highschool)
• Hephaestus (God of War series)
• Kratos (God of War series)
• Freya (God of War series)
• Prometheus (Greek Mythology)
• Nahusha (Hindu Mythology)
• Aqua (Kono Subarashii Sekai Ni Shukufuku Wo!)
• Thor (Marvel Comics); as Unworthy Thor
• Cthon (Marvel Comics)
• Seth (Marvel Comics)
• Quetzalcoatl/Lucoa (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
• Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
• Magatsu Izanagi (Persona 4)
• YHVH (Shin Megami Tensei IV); via With his Covenant broken and divinity denied
• Demons (Shin Megami Tensei V); after having their knowledge stolen by God.
• Izanami-no-Mikoto (Shintoism)
• Susanoo-no-Mikoto (Shintoism); temporarily
• Melkor/Morgoth (The Silmarillion)
• Medusa (TYPE-MOON)
• The Fallen Elohim/Demons (World of Darkness/Demon:The Fallen)
  • Lucifer
  • Asmodeus
  • Azrael
  • Dagon
  • Belial
  • Abaddon

Gallery

Asura (Asura's Wrath) was framed and betrayed by his seven comrades, who kidnapped his daughter, murdered his wife, and killed and banished him to Earth. But even in death, he was filled with an indelible rage that led him back to the world of the living, to get his revenge and save his daughter.

Due to his unstable nature, Sun Wukong (Chinese Mythology) rebelled against the heavenly realm not once but twice with the Jade Emperor responding in sending his entire celestial army to try to apprehend him to no avail.

Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight (Dark Souls) was the greatest of the gods and a mighty warrior. He was known as the Lord of Sunlight and headed the efforts to end the Age of Ancients, together with Gravelord Nito, the Witch of Izalith, and the dragon-traitor, Seath the Scaleless. Leading his knights, he led the Gods to victory and oversaw the Age of Fire. After sacrificing himself to link the First Flame, he became a Hollowed and haggard Lord of Cinder who awaits at the site of the First Flame, presenting himself as the final boss.

The Nameless King (Dark Souls) was a dragon-slaying god of war in the Age of the Gods and heir to lightning, until he sacrificed everything to ally with the ancient dragons.

Queen Marika (Elden Ring) is the reigning sovereign god of the Lands Between, and vessel for the Elden Ring. After she shattered the Elden Ring, The Greater Will imprisoned her in the Erdtree along with her King Consort and other male half Radagon. But even in shackles, Marika would remain a god.

Davoth (Doom Eternal) was The Father before his fall from grace. After The Maykrs acted in secret and worked quickly to seal Jekkad away, and Davoth with it, Davoth became the Dark Lord as vengeance and hatred consumed him and his world, transforming it into Hell.

Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super) was the Supreme Kai's apprentice, who was convinced that all mortals are sinful beings that had no place in his world. After taking Goku's body and fusing with his future self, his Fusion form became imbalanced by the conflicting natures of the two bodies, manifesting as his twisted, conflicted soul on the outside.

Osiris (Egyptian Mythology) was murdered and usurped by Sett and dismembered. Osiris’ sister Isis later reassembled him and he became god of the underworld.

After being betrayed by his former comrades, Mori Jin/Mori Dan (God of Highschool) lost control over his godly powers, becoming a Fallen God and a shell of what he once was as "The Almighty God of The Universe."

Kratos (God of War) was once The God of War after he was betrayed by his own father Zeus.

After stealing fire from heaven and giving it to humans on earth, Prometheus (Greek Mythology) was sentenced by Zeus, The King of The Gods to eternal torment for his transgression. Prometheus was bound to a rock, and an eagle—the emblem of Zeus—was sent to eat his liver (in ancient Greece, the liver was often thought to be the seat of human emotions). His liver would then grow back overnight, only to be eaten again the next day in an ongoing cycle.

Nahusha (Hindu Mythology) was a king of the Aila dynasty and the 3,698,256th King of Gods until he got very drunk, abusive and lustful. After abusing a mocking sages, the sage Agastya was furious and cursed Nahush for his misbehavior, saying "You shall fall on the earth and be a snake until one of your descendants free you from this curse." Thus Nahush turned into a large snake and fell on the ground, losing everything he had.

Aqua (KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!) was originally a highly revered water goddess. However, in order to fulfil Kazuma's request, she was forced to leave heaven and was stripped of her divine powers.

Magatsu Izanagi (Persona 4) represents the form of Izanagi after being corrupted by the filth of the underworld.

After having the fundamental truths of his existence denied and being cast away from his position as “The One True God”, YHVH (Shin Megami Tensei) was vastly weakened and reduced "to the same level as a demon".

Melkor/Morgoth (The Silmarillion) was created by Eru Ilúvatar in the Timeless Halls at the beginning of creation; he was greater in power and knowledge than the other Ainur. Impatient with the emptiness of the Void outside the Timeless Halls, and desiring to create things of his own and eventually deviated and rebelled against Eru Ilúvatar.

Demons (World of Darkness/Demon:The Fallen) are fallen elohim who chose to side with Lucifer and humanity rather than with God in the first days of Creation.