- "Evil never dies, it just evolves..."
- ― Braniac (Legion of Superheroes)
- "You do not understand. I do not serve things evil. I AM...Evil. I am a Skin of Evil, left here by a race of titans, who believed if they rid themselves of me, they would free the bounds of destructiveness."
- ― Armus (Star Trek: TNG)
- "I have long since closed my eyes. My only goal is the Darkness."
- ― Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
- "Deceiving and taunting humans... These are malicious things I learned from humanity."
- ― The Ark's disgust of humanity (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
The power to be the embodiment of evil. Variation of Disposition Embodiment and Malefic Force Manipulation. Opposite to Good Embodiment.
Also Called[]
- Evil Incarnate/Personification
- Malevolence/Malice Embodiment/Incarnate/Personification
- Suffering Embodiment
- The Malicious
- The Malevolent
- The Malevolence
- The Wicked
- The Sadist
- The Bad
- The Living Bad/Evil
- The Walking Bad/Evil
Capabilities[]
The user of this power is or can become the embodiment of evil and can manipulate everything evil, including having all evil powers and power over evil beings, places and events (The user literally become a force of nature). Examples include using weather to destroy towns, cursing people to induce horrifying effects, physically and psychologically torturing people, inducing sins, etc. The user can also do things like shapeshifting into a chaotic monster and do almost anything as long as it ensures death, destruction or pain on the victims. The user of this power is incredibly powerful because of the limitless capabilities and the fact that there is evil in almost every place. The user cannot be "killed" and can exist anywhere, but their existence is far stronger in some places than others as long as the place isn't overrun by a good embodiment user.
By nature somebody must always possess this power as evil has existed since the beginning of time and without evil, there cannot be any good.
Advanced users may also be able to possess people and other supernatural beings and give them some power. This is known to some as Demonic Empowerment. More advanced abilities include not only the ability to possess people, but also to possess land, objects and flora to manipulate the surroundings.
Applications[]
- All Evil Powers
- Archetype:The Devil
- Apocalyptic Force Manipulation
- Benevolence Nullification
- Corruption Inducement
- Curse Inducement
- Dark Arts
- Dark Heart
- Dark Side Aspect Manifestation
- Dark/Demonic Divinity
- Death Inducement
- Demonic Power
- Destruction
- Disease Manipulation
- Evil Aura
- Explosion Inducement
- Fear Embodiment
- Feral Mind
- Hell Lordship
- Heresy Embodiment
- Horror Inducement
- Immortality
- Invulnerability
- Jinx
- Malefic Force Manipulation
- Mental Manipulation
- Necrosis Inducement
- Negative Embodiment
- Nigh Omnipotence
- Nigh-Complete Arsenal/Complete Arsenal
- Pain Inducement
- Psychological Intuition
- Reality Warping
- Sadism Embodiment
- Satanic Incarnation
- Sin Embodiment
- Suicide Inducement
- Torment Inducement
- Unnatural Presence
- Vice Inducement
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Anti-God
- Chaos Embodiment
- Darkness Embodiment
- Disposition Embodiment
- Evil Deity Physiology
- Four Horsemen Physiology
- Malevolent Deity Physiology
- Transcendent Demon Physiology
Limitations[]
- Opposed by a user of Good Embodiment.
- Might lose power if a certain place, such as a town banishes evil from its place.
- User cannot assume control of or empower users of Death Embodiment.
- Even though the user is otherwise omnipresent, they might not be able to be in areas containing good.
- Can still be stopped by higher power, such as a god, Unless the user is a god themselves either on equal or higher caliber.
- Could drive the user insane and lose their humanity altogether.
Known Users[]
See Also: Made of Evil.
Mythology/Religion
- Mara (Buddhism)
- Satan/The Devil (Christianity)
- Abúhukü (Colombian Folklore)
- Apep (Egyptian Mythology)
- Iblis (Islam)
- Samael (Judaism)
- Chernobog (Slavic Mythology)
- Ahriman (Zoroastrianism)
Television/Movies
- The First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- The Source of All Evil (Charmed)
- Ye Shen (The X-Dormitory)
- Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
- Armus (Star Trek: TNG)
- The Beast (Doctor Who)
- Michael Myers (Halloween)
- Ark/Kamen Rider Ark-Zero (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
- Ark's successors (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
- Aruto Hiden/Kamen Rider Ark-One; formerly
- Horobi/Kamen Rider Horobi Ark Scorpion; formerly
- Rihito Isshiki/S/Kamen Rider Eden; formerly
- Gai Amatsu/Kamen Rider Thousand Ark
- Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Genm Musou Gamer (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
Cartoons
- Mirage (Aladdin television series)
- Vaatu (Avatar series)
- Evil the Cat (Earthworm Jim)
- Evil Stewie (Family Guy)
- Chernabog (Fantasia)
- The Overlord (Lego Ninjago Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Chronam-Yatt (Sendokai Champions)
- Anti-Pops (Regular Show)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- The Black Mass (Samurai Jack)
- Vor (Sofia the First)
- Ancient Spirits of Evil (ThunderCats)
- Unicron (Transformers)
- Black Hat (Villainous)
Comics
- Great Darkness (DC Comics)
- Trigon (DC Comics)
- Dark Man/Mr. Dark (Fables)
- Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
- One Below All (Marvel Comics)
Manga/Anime
- The Idea of Evil (Berserk!)
- Janemba (Dragon Ball Z)
- Evil Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
- Shadow Dragons (Dragon Ball GT)
- Devil Rebirth (Fist of the North Star)
- Orb of Caldia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Liege Maximo (Transformers)
- Guardian Dreadscythe (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Video Games
- The Dark One/King of Darkness (Arc The Lad)
- Fanatos (Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana)
- Loptr (Bayonetta 2)
- Tathamet (Diablo)
- Diablo (Diablo); after merging with the Black Soulstone.
- Giygas (Earthbound)
- Dark Matter (Kirby)
- Void Termina (Kirby)
- Demise (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Ganon/Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
- Dracula (Castlevania)
- Chaos (Castlevania)
- M. Bison (Street Fighter)
- Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
- Demaar (Granstream Saga)
- Dharkon (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
- Nyarlathotep (Megami Tensei series)
- The Darkness (Skylanders)
- Angra Mainyu (TYPE-MOON)
- Azi Dahaka (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Malefor (The Legend of Spyro)
- Judge Holden (Red Dead Redemption 2)
Literature
- Four Talismans (Return to the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel)
- Melkor/Morgoth (The Silmarillion)
- The Dark One (Wheel of Time)
Other
- Mr. Shadow (The Fifth Element)
- The Fallen One (Grindhouse and Watercolors)
- Evil Jordan (Jordan Underneath)
- Fanoxean (The Young Guardians)