- "You never cease to amuse me, it's been ages since I laughed so hard at anyone but a fool. But unfortunately, I have had but one comrade, and he is all I shall ever have."
- ― Gilgamesh
- "He who was my companion, through adventure and hardship, is gone forever."
- ― Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek)
- "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."
- ― Jesus Christ (John 15:13)
- "I will be loyal to the end. And beyond."
- ― Isaac confirming his loyalty to Dracula (Castlevania)
The ability to remain completely loyal until the very end. Sub-power of Indomitable Will.
Also Called
- Absolute Loyalty
- Boundless Loyalty
- Loyal Embodiment
- Loyal to the End
- Loyalty Embodiment
- The Loyal Knight
- The Loyal One
- Unquestionable Loyalty
Capabilities
Users can remain completely loyal until the very end, either using it on others, making them completely willing to protect and never abandoning the user, or use this on themselves, making them unable to abandon or betray their loved ones if they're ever in need.
Applications
- Create an army of soldiers who will never abandon or deceive you.
- Make a friend who will never leave you.
- Protect yourself from certain mental manipulation powers such as Hypnosis.
- Magnetic Friendship
Associations
- May extend into Guardianship
- Indomitable Will
- Loyalty Empowerment
- Strong Heart
- Strong Soul
Limitations
- May be swayed by mental manipulators who force a loyalty-based decision (i.e. Choosing to save your friends or your hometown from certain destruction)
- Soldiers may only be loyal to user, so they will abandon the user's friends to protect them in combat.
- May only be loyal to one person.
- Loyalty can be corrupted and/or taken advantage of.
- Loyalty could lead to overprotective then certainly a uncontrollable urge to kill out of protective and loyalty.
Known Users
See Also: Undying Loyalty.
Anime/Manga
- The Angels (Angel Tales)
- Mikasa Ackerman (Attack on Titan)
- Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler) via; the Contract
- Isaac (Castlevania)
- Goku (Dragon Ball series)
- Army of the King (Fate/Zero)
- Euclid Lucifuge (Highschool DxD)
- Genshirou Saji (Highschool DxD)
- Issei Hyoudou (Highschool DxD)
- Occult Research Club (Highschool DxD)
- Student Council (Highschool DxD)
- Sairaorg Bael's Peerage (Highschool DxD)
- Sirzechs Lucifer's Peerage (Highschool DxD)
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Wolkenritter (Nanoha)
- Itachi Uchiha (Naruto); via casting Kotoamatsukami on himself
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
- Ziralt (The New Gate)
- Takenaka Hanbei (Oda Nobuna No Yabou)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- Ash’s Pikachu (Pokémon)
Cartoons/Comics
- Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Slaves of Apokolips (Superman: The Animated Series)
- Optimus Prime (Transformers series)
- Megatron (Transformers series)
- Lugnut (Transformers series)
Literature
- Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
- Barty Crouch Jr. (Harry Potter)
Live Television/Movies
- Treacheron (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)
Video Games
- Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
- Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts)
- The Champions (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
- Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- Knuckles (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- Enkidu (TYPE-MOON)
- Dogi (Ys)
Tabletop Games
- The Companions of the Hall (Forgotten Realms)
Gallery
Rider (Fate/Zero) possesses Ionioi Hetairoi also known as the Army of the king which was created from absolute undying loyalty of his soldiers to follow him for all eternity.
Bellatrix Lestrange’s (Harry Potter) obsession of Lord Voldemort led her to become the most loyal of his Death Eaters. Bellatrix trained under the Dark Lord himself and was his best lieutenant.
Euclid (Highschool DxD) is extremely loyal to Satan Lucifer, the loyalty also extends to Lucifer's son Rizevim.
The Student Council (Highschool DxD) aka Sona Sitri's Peerage is loyal to their King to point where each of them follow all her orders without question…
…Genshirou Saji possibly the most loyal among her peerage is willing to surrender his own life and fight far stronger opponents to make her dreams a reality.
Occult Research Club (Highschool DxD) aka Rias Gremory's Peerage is composed of members all saved by their King causing them to be immensely loyal towards Rias…
…the most loyal is Issei Hyoudou, an individual willing to fight for his King to bitter end and has proven numbers of times during many life-and-death situations.
Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance) has known Phantom the majority of his life and is his most loyal soldier. He even accepted the Zombie Tattoo to stay with his captain for eternity and shares his ideals of the world. Peta is the only one Phantom considers a friend.
Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto) loyally believes in protecting info, going as far as to slay comrades, his master, and even himself to achieve it.
Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) inadvertently trapped himself in Kotoamatsukami, which forces its target to follow the caster's orders and neutralizes all other forms of control, compelling him to protect Konoha and freeing him from Kabuto's Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation/Edo Tensei.
Roronoa Zoro’s (One Piece) allegiance to Luffy goes as far as to gamble his own life and dream to save his captain’s.
Enkidu's (TYPE-MOON) loyalty to Gilgamesh is so legendary and undying that even after being tormented by and being struck down by the gods, his loyalty didn't waver in the slightest.