Kill-Vearn

"The feeling I get when I see an opponent who helplessly struggles like a prey caught on a spider-web… That is a great feeling! Especially the ones who try desperately and realize they are absolutely doomed. Those are so deliciously rare. Once you taste that joy, other methods of killing seem pointless."

- Kill-Vearn

Kill-Vearn is an extremely powerful, gleefully sadistic, Monster Clown-like Death God, who serves as a major antagonist in the Dragon Quest spin-off manga Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. He is introduced as the personal assassin and one of the three highest-ranked servants of Vearn, the primary antagonist, but it is ultimately revealed that in fact, he serves his rival Velther.

About Kill-Vearn
It is unknown for how long the God of Death has dwelled on the world and in Makai (the Demonic World), but it is implied that he has been here for several millennia, of not since the beginning of time. Also, his role as the God of Death is never clearly defined but he seems to be more of a harbinger than a personification. He is always seen with his assistant Piroro, a dwarvish, cyclopean, demon wizard standing on his shoulder. With his far from impressive looks and goofy demeanour, Piroro offers a stark contrast with the tall, thratening and snarky Kill-Vearn. Despite this, the two are very close, always being seen chastising one another, cracking jokes, cheering and all in all acting like a creepy clown duo. A clown-like aspect furthered by Kill-Vearn's own appearance: a mix between a demonic reaper and a court buffoon, wearing a perpetually smiling mask. (In fact, Kill-Vearn owns a large choice of masks, each one reflecting a specific state of mind, with the ever-smiling one being his favourite.)

In fact, it is revealed at the very end of the story that what was always thought to be Kill-Vearn is nothing but a robotic puppet, powered by magma from makai that runs inside it like blood inside a real body; while Piroro is the real God of Death, hiding in plain sight as the goofy sidekick whom nobody ever labelled as a threat. Indeed, in spite of his immense magical power, his stature is not suited for his role as the God of Death, so he built the fake one to

What is known is that when Vearn, the Great Demon King, and Velther, the Dark Dragon King, fought for dominion over Makai, he sided with the latter and became his right-hand-man