User blog:G-Monster/Pure Evil Proposal Ghirahim

Alirght since I discussed Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword when I first effortposted Demise, I'll get straight to propoising my second canidate from that game, Demon Lord Ghirahim.

Who is He? What Has He Done?
Demon Lord Ghirahim reigns below Skyloft, beginning a hunt for Zelda to restore the reign of his master Demise. A dark counterpart to Link's companion Fi, Ghirahim is the soul of Demise's blade, who causes a tornado to hit Skyloft to take Zelda, thwarted in her capture, and encountering Link for the first time, Ghirahim treats him as a sort of curiosity, cheerfully promising to 'onlly' beat him to an inch of his life as it wouldn't be sporting otherwise. Seeking to revive Demise, Ghirahim begins to sow chaos and destruction across the land, with his armies of bobolkins, raising varieties of monsters to continue the ravaging of all they see slowly succumbing to frustration and pure fury, Ghirahim begins seeing Link as more of a threat, deciding to burn him alive, and then to torture him for sport, while attempting to feed Zelda's soul in order to hurry along the revival of Demise and cleanse all Hylia of life.

In one of his nastiest and most infamous moments, Ghirahim summons a horde of soldiers and sends them against Link, aware most will die, threatening to simply murder them if they fail and feeding them to the meat grinder against Link before engaging Link again. Losing, but able to free Demise, Ghirahim as a sentient entity unto himself disappears, laughing hysterically with the belief he has brought about armageddon through Demise's return.

Any Mitigating Factors?
Now Ghirahim is Demise's sword but? As we see through Fi, The spirits of the swords are entities unto themselves who grow beyond their purpose, have their own codes, drives and can make moral decisions. Fi slowly grows to care for Link and knowingly gives her life for the sake of what she believes is right. Ghirahim is a sadistic fanatic who would sooner see the world burn than lose to Link and while he claims to show 'mercy' to him, he views this as an error and wants to sadistically break Link for it.

So no, I'd argue Ghirahim has full agency and is a nasty enough bastard here.

Heinousness?
Ghirahim is pretty awful. Through his actions, he has a similar endeavor to Demise and tons of vicious, petty cruelty, while continuously attempting large scale destruction and some of the nastiest Bad Boss moments in the series, in additions to threats of torture and enjoying his job far too much. An Omnicidal Maniac and sadist, to say the least.

Final Verdict
I think Ghirahim can count to